im doing a report and i need a little help with the research on colon cancer

The cause is a diet high in meat and dairy. The conventional treatments are chemo, surgery or radiation where applicable, alternative treatments include doses of vitamin D. See these links.

http://www.naturalnews.com/025974_cancer_health_colon_cancer.html

http://www.naturalnews.com/026237_cancer_Vitamin_D_colon_cancer.html

How long does it take the chemo to start working ?

Should you show improvement on the first treatment ?

Are you given a scan after every treatment to see

if the chemo and radiation are working ?

Will a scan show that the cancer is gone from the lymph nodes ?

It al depends on what stage your cancer is in and what sort of chemo you are having. Your oncologist will be able to answer all your questions specific to your condition

All the best

I have an aunt who has stage 4 colon cancer and started out w/ 7500 markers? then after the original tumor was removed (metastases in liver and lungs) it was 2500; now after 4 mos of a chemo treatment she has 4500 and has to start a new chemo. What does this all mean? What is a high protein marker count and what is low? And what are they?

Danielle is correct the tumor marker for colon cancer is the CEA and normal is less than 2.5. In the case of your aunt the doctor is using the tumor marker to help him or her determine how well your aunt is responding to treatment. Typically a tumor marker will drop significantly just after the tumor is removed. However you aunts has risen with treatment indicating this treatment is not working well for her and now another will be tried.

If anyone here has had or known someone that has had colon cancer, please tell me:
1. What type of symptoms did you have that lead to your diagnosis, and how long did you have them?
2. How long did you have the symptoms before you sought treament?
3. How are you doing after cancer treatment?

My Uncle had colon cancer & died soon after it was discovered only a colonoscopy would rule this out If you are young forget this you probably have irritable bowel Check with your DR

If someone had finished chemo a few months ago for stage IIIC colon cancer, and then another cancerous but small polyp is found today at a different site in the colon to where the cancer originally started, what would treatment be? Would it be just the removal of the polyp, or would there be more chemo because of the history?

Thanks.

Assuming the cancerous polyp is truly a polyp and not a metastasis, resection should be all that is needed. How would you know? Well, the pathologist should be able to tell.

Blessings

That’s a pretty strange question. Why would you go through the diagnostics, find out you have cancer, and then do nothing about it?

A stage I colon cancer is curable with surgery. If it spreads at all, your chance of cure is greatly decreased. If it spreads to other organs, there IS no cure. How long it takes to spread depends on how aggressive your tumor is.

Call a surgeon. Take care of it now.

my dad has stage four colon cancer and was diagnosed in mid december. its spread to his liver and lungs and part of his stomach. he also has luekemia. what is the longest he could live with certain treatments?

No one can give you an estimate time on your dad’s life. Every individual is different and every persons body reacts differently. In the meantime it would be good for your dad to try and keep his nutrition healthy and he might even try anti-oxidants to help slow down the process of the cancer spreading. Anti- oxidants bind with free radicals and definetly helps to slow down the process. Your dad’s condition is serious and advanced. Prepare yourself and accept the fact that he has this disease and ensure spending lots of time with him.Prevention is always better than cure

I had colon cancer surgery and am taking chem treatments my liver count is up can you tell me a site to see pictures of liver damage from taking chem

What makes you think chemo is damaging your liver or that it would be visible?
Your doctor is not giving you chemo to kill you.

My brother is experiencing a dull discomfort down where his colon would be. He does not have health insurance and reluctant to go to a Dr. to have it checked out. If he did go, what should he expect in the way of cost and having this checked out? Also if it were cancer, are there options for treatment even without ins. and money to pay? Or, will he need to suck it up and wait it out until he dies? What would happen if nothing were done? Would a radical diet change help?

JUST TAKE HIM TO THE ER IF HE HAS NO INSURANCE THAT’S WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE DOES – THEY WILL PROBABLY ADMITT HIM OR REFER HIM TO A FREE CLINIC –

wHAT MAKES HIM THINK HE HAS COLON CANCER? A DIET CHANGE WILL ONLY PREVENT COLON CANCER FROM HAPPENING NOT CURE IT – BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT HE START NOW – IF HE DOES HAVE COLON CANCER THE SOONER THE BETTER WITH DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

I’m sorry that I can’t phrase that a little bit less harsh, but I have recently found out someone that I know has stage II colon cancer. He has had surgery and is in round 2 of a six month chemo treatment. Will my friend survive? For how long?

Most cancers are measured in survival 5-year survival rates. This is the percentage of people alive 5 years after being diagnosed with the same kind and stage of cancer. Stage 2A colon cancers have a 5-year survival rate of 80% and 2B has a 75% survival rate. Long term survival depends on how well they respond to treatment. If is not uncommon for some cancers such as breast cancer or melanoma to recur 10-15 years later. This is not the case with colon cancers when they recur it is usually within 2-4 years.