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A 26-year-old female asked:
How long is the survival rate of an 88 yo patient, who underwent partial colectomy due to stage 3 colon cancer without chemotherapy?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Birendra Tandananswered
Urology 36 years experience
All depends on many other things like his general health, co morbidities, grade of tumor. It is very difficult to predict. Wish him/her a long survival and good health.
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Reviewed Mar 25, 2022
Dr. Silviu Pasniciucanswered
Internal Medicine 29 years experience
An equation with too many unknowns. There are different prognostic calculators on line, MD Anderson has one as well, by inputting few characteristics, including grade a survival curve is presented.
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Answered Mar 25, 2022
Last updated Mar 26, 2022
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