Who Does Colon Cancer Affect
Published on May 13 2010, in the categories: Consequences
Colon cancer has become such a known disease that today almost every individual has heard bout it. But, unfortunately hearing about colon cancer, does not mean also knowing the main risk factors or the causes of the disease, how is colon cancer diagnosed and developed or who does colon cancer affect. For every single one of these questions there are complex answers every individual should know.
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So, who does colon cancer affect should be the first question we need to ask. And the answer is as simple as possible: anyone. Colon cancer can affect every person mostly the ones that are under the influence of one or more risk factors, but also any individual, regardless of his age, medical history or family heritage. Colon cancer is developed and formed when otherwise normal and healthy cells start dividing in an abnormal way.
These polyps that are formed are not cancerous at the beginnings, but they have the potential of becoming cancer tumors, if they are not removed, and in most cases they do become colon cancer. This abnormal dividing of cells can be determined by many factors. A genetic family heritage, a mutant gene, a high level of stress that affected the individual, or any element that can have a big impact of the individual’s general health, as well as diseases that were not completely or good treated and that affected someone in the past.
Both men and women equally can be affected by colon cancer. In fact, even if the ones diagnosed with this disease are mostly men, the differences between the cases of women and men are very low, and so we can not consider that men are less or more affected than women. As, already said colon cancer can affect anyone, but the ones that usually develop colon cancer, about 90 percent, are over the age of 50. In this disease, the age is considered to be a very important risk factor, although as you can imagine, not only those that are aged 50 or more can have colon cancer. At lower ages, the disease can be caused by the inheriting of some genetic mutations. Someone can be born with this and by the age of 15 have polyps that can become cancerous.
So, colon cancer is not a picky disease. Anyone can get it and when it is developed it is difficult to cure because there is not a single drug that can cure it. And sometimes medical intervention can treat colon cancer, but in other cases, the disease can be fatal for an individual that has reached the most advanced stage of the disease, stage four when different metastases are created on other organs in the individual’s body.
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So, who does colon cancer affect should be the first question we need to ask. And the answer is as simple as possible: anyone. Colon cancer can affect every person mostly the ones that are under the influence of one or more risk factors, but also any individual, regardless of his age, medical history or family heritage. Colon cancer is developed and formed when otherwise normal and healthy cells start dividing in an abnormal way.
These polyps that are formed are not cancerous at the beginnings, but they have the potential of becoming cancer tumors, if they are not removed, and in most cases they do become colon cancer. This abnormal dividing of cells can be determined by many factors. A genetic family heritage, a mutant gene, a high level of stress that affected the individual, or any element that can have a big impact of the individual’s general health, as well as diseases that were not completely or good treated and that affected someone in the past.
Both men and women equally can be affected by colon cancer. In fact, even if the ones diagnosed with this disease are mostly men, the differences between the cases of women and men are very low, and so we can not consider that men are less or more affected than women. As, already said colon cancer can affect anyone, but the ones that usually develop colon cancer, about 90 percent, are over the age of 50. In this disease, the age is considered to be a very important risk factor, although as you can imagine, not only those that are aged 50 or more can have colon cancer. At lower ages, the disease can be caused by the inheriting of some genetic mutations. Someone can be born with this and by the age of 15 have polyps that can become cancerous.
So, colon cancer is not a picky disease. Anyone can get it and when it is developed it is difficult to cure because there is not a single drug that can cure it. And sometimes medical intervention can treat colon cancer, but in other cases, the disease can be fatal for an individual that has reached the most advanced stage of the disease, stage four when different metastases are created on other organs in the individual’s body.
Colon Cancer Recurrence Rates
Published on Apr 24 2010, in the categories: Consequences
Like every other type of cancer, colon cancer can also recur. This is the main reason way, constant checks must be done after the initial treatment has been made and cancer has been cured. This is even more important when you already have developed cancer once, because the chances of getting it again are increasingly high. Like in the initial tumor case, detecting the disease very early is the most important element in colon cancer cure. When the cancer recurrence, regardless of its type is discovered early, the chances of cure are the highest. When the colon cancer recurrence, which occurs after a period of time, is developed it can be cured through a surgical intervention. However, you must know that in general, colon cancer recurrence rates are high.
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A study published in the British Journal of Surgery showed that about 23 percent of all the patients that have been diagnosed with colon cancer and at whom colon cancer was treated have also developed recurrences in the five years time period. Other researches have shown that colon cancer recurrence rates can vary from 4 percent to 55 percent. These rates can be different depending on the dimension of the initial tumor. So, 11 percent of those who had an original tumor smaller than 3 centimeters and 28% al all those whom original tumor was larger than 3 cm, according to this statistic will develop a colon cancer recurrence.
Besides the tumor dimension, the stage of disease is another element that may indicate the potential of a colon cancer recurrence. For colon cancer stage one, 10 percent of the cancer patients developed a recurrence. In stage two the recurrence rates grow, and almost 24 percent of all those diagnosed have to pass to a new cancer phase. For stage three colon cancer recurrence rates are at about 41 percent.
The same study showed that the doctors’ experience in colon cancer surgery is also an important factor in the disease recurrence. This statistics results pointed the fact that when the medical team that performs a surgery for colon cancer has a great experience, the chances in developing recurrences are lower than in the case in which the medical team attended less than ten this kind of medical interventions. This fact can be explained through the hypothesis in which colon cancer in a disease that can be cured in the first stages very easy only when the right treatment applied. The right treatment for colon cancer in those stages is surgery. So, when the surgery is not made properly, besides the fact that cancer can grow and the patients’ health be affected, a bad surgery can also mean a cancer recurrence even a year later after the intervention.
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A study published in the British Journal of Surgery showed that about 23 percent of all the patients that have been diagnosed with colon cancer and at whom colon cancer was treated have also developed recurrences in the five years time period. Other researches have shown that colon cancer recurrence rates can vary from 4 percent to 55 percent. These rates can be different depending on the dimension of the initial tumor. So, 11 percent of those who had an original tumor smaller than 3 centimeters and 28% al all those whom original tumor was larger than 3 cm, according to this statistic will develop a colon cancer recurrence.
Besides the tumor dimension, the stage of disease is another element that may indicate the potential of a colon cancer recurrence. For colon cancer stage one, 10 percent of the cancer patients developed a recurrence. In stage two the recurrence rates grow, and almost 24 percent of all those diagnosed have to pass to a new cancer phase. For stage three colon cancer recurrence rates are at about 41 percent.
The same study showed that the doctors’ experience in colon cancer surgery is also an important factor in the disease recurrence. This statistics results pointed the fact that when the medical team that performs a surgery for colon cancer has a great experience, the chances in developing recurrences are lower than in the case in which the medical team attended less than ten this kind of medical interventions. This fact can be explained through the hypothesis in which colon cancer in a disease that can be cured in the first stages very easy only when the right treatment applied. The right treatment for colon cancer in those stages is surgery. So, when the surgery is not made properly, besides the fact that cancer can grow and the patients’ health be affected, a bad surgery can also mean a cancer recurrence even a year later after the intervention.
Recurrence Of Colon Cancer
Published on Apr 24 2010, in the categories: Consequences
The recurrence of colon cancer means colon cancer reappearance after treatment has been administrated, usually to other parts of the body and in most cases to the liver. Why colon cancer appears after treatment administration and primary tumors withdraw is still and unknown fact. However, there are some things that can be done with the purpose to prevent colon cancer recurrence.
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Colon cancer has some risk factors and some cases that can be avoided. This is way it is very important to know all those facts and prevent the disease. Anyway, there are some factors that can not e prevented or eliminated by the individual action, such as the family medical history and colon cancer cases. In this cases attention to every little detail that may indicate that something is wrong has to be maximum. When colon cancer is diagnosed in the earliest stages, the chances of cure are very high. Sometimes the early diagnoses can make the difference between life and death. The same thing is valid when we refer to colon cancer recurrence. The first thing after you have been diagnosed with colon cancer and treated, regardless of the stage or treatment applied, is to prevent the disease form reappearing.
There are some methods through which the recurrence of colon cancer can be prevented. Some of them, that have been proved to be efficient, regard yogurt, Bromelain and Colostrum. For example, yogurt contains healthy bacteria which can help the colon transition and prevent tumors growth. Make sure that the product you buy is 100 percent natural and organic. Bromelain is an enzyme that is found in pineapple. This enzyme is known for having anti cancer effects and uses. This is the reason way, bromelain is used against colon cancer growth and recurrence. However, having this enzyme through pineapple eating is not enough. You have to take it in supplemental form. Colostrum is a substance that can be found in some female mammals. After many studies, it was shown that it can prevent the recurrence of colon cancer.
The studies made in the last years have also shown that aspirin can have effects in colon cancer cure by determining it become smaller and also in colon cancer recurrence. Aspirin already occupies an important place in many doctors opinion all over the world. Doctors consider that a small dose of aspirin taken daily may reduce the number of infarctions and strokes, reducing also pain. Other studies have shown that aspirin can reduce risk of colon cancer recurrence. The most recent study revealed that this medicine may even prevent death from colorectal cancer and so increase the survival rates of this disease. Anyway aspirin must be taken with your doctor advice and under his supervision.
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Colon cancer has some risk factors and some cases that can be avoided. This is way it is very important to know all those facts and prevent the disease. Anyway, there are some factors that can not e prevented or eliminated by the individual action, such as the family medical history and colon cancer cases. In this cases attention to every little detail that may indicate that something is wrong has to be maximum. When colon cancer is diagnosed in the earliest stages, the chances of cure are very high. Sometimes the early diagnoses can make the difference between life and death. The same thing is valid when we refer to colon cancer recurrence. The first thing after you have been diagnosed with colon cancer and treated, regardless of the stage or treatment applied, is to prevent the disease form reappearing.
There are some methods through which the recurrence of colon cancer can be prevented. Some of them, that have been proved to be efficient, regard yogurt, Bromelain and Colostrum. For example, yogurt contains healthy bacteria which can help the colon transition and prevent tumors growth. Make sure that the product you buy is 100 percent natural and organic. Bromelain is an enzyme that is found in pineapple. This enzyme is known for having anti cancer effects and uses. This is the reason way, bromelain is used against colon cancer growth and recurrence. However, having this enzyme through pineapple eating is not enough. You have to take it in supplemental form. Colostrum is a substance that can be found in some female mammals. After many studies, it was shown that it can prevent the recurrence of colon cancer.
The studies made in the last years have also shown that aspirin can have effects in colon cancer cure by determining it become smaller and also in colon cancer recurrence. Aspirin already occupies an important place in many doctors opinion all over the world. Doctors consider that a small dose of aspirin taken daily may reduce the number of infarctions and strokes, reducing also pain. Other studies have shown that aspirin can reduce risk of colon cancer recurrence. The most recent study revealed that this medicine may even prevent death from colorectal cancer and so increase the survival rates of this disease. Anyway aspirin must be taken with your doctor advice and under his supervision.
Metastatic Colon Cancer
Published on Apr 13 2010, in the categories: Consequences, Disease spreading
Colon cancer is the type of cancer that starts in the colon and grows and moves through the colon wall if the cancer is not discovered, the diagnosis not made and treatment not taken. When colon cancer evolves and passes through the colon wall, it can, through the blood or lymph system, spread to any part of the individual’s body. The secondary tumors created on other organs are called metastases. The cells that form these metatstatic tumors are coming from the original tumor, the one created in the colon. Metastatic colon cancer usually affects the liver and the lungs. So, the tumors created on the liver will be also colon cancer cells and not liver cancer. The cancerous cells on the liver will look the same as the ones on the colon, where the original tumor was formed.
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The metastatic colon cancer phase is the most difficult to treat one. The chances of cure depend on the exact location of the tumor, the number of tumors created and the number of organs affected by cancer. A person diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer can be given a prognosis of 6 to 18 months to live. This situation can be hopeless and overwhelming for everyone. But not all hope should be lost. Sometimes treatments works and the cancer withdraws even when you least expect it to do so.
Even if metastatic colon cancer remains a disease that has no cure for many people, patients can live long with it. Some of them are actually cured because in the last years treatments have improved. In the metastatic phase of colon cancer treatment usually involves chemotherapy, which is the administration of powerful drugs to stop the disease from growing and to make it withdraw. These drugs can also have some side effects which can provoke you nausea, fatigue, weakness or vomiting, but also the loose of hair. In most cases these side effects can be controlled through the administration of other medicines. The most common drugs administrated by chemotherapy are 5-Fluorouracil with the use of leucovorin. If the treatment works form the beginning, and no complications occur, the patient first prognosis can be more than 20 months.
In some cases besides chemotherapy surgical interventions may be performed. Through surgery the tumors can be removed, both the ones created on the colon and the ones that made metastasis on the liver or lungs. However, cancerous tumors may reoccur after they have been removed on the same organ or in other parts of the body. To prevent this from happening, chemotherapy administration is very important. In fact, when possible colon cancer that created metastases treatment involves both chemotherapy and surgical interventions made with the purpose to remove cancerous tumors regardless of their location.
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The metastatic colon cancer phase is the most difficult to treat one. The chances of cure depend on the exact location of the tumor, the number of tumors created and the number of organs affected by cancer. A person diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer can be given a prognosis of 6 to 18 months to live. This situation can be hopeless and overwhelming for everyone. But not all hope should be lost. Sometimes treatments works and the cancer withdraws even when you least expect it to do so.
Even if metastatic colon cancer remains a disease that has no cure for many people, patients can live long with it. Some of them are actually cured because in the last years treatments have improved. In the metastatic phase of colon cancer treatment usually involves chemotherapy, which is the administration of powerful drugs to stop the disease from growing and to make it withdraw. These drugs can also have some side effects which can provoke you nausea, fatigue, weakness or vomiting, but also the loose of hair. In most cases these side effects can be controlled through the administration of other medicines. The most common drugs administrated by chemotherapy are 5-Fluorouracil with the use of leucovorin. If the treatment works form the beginning, and no complications occur, the patient first prognosis can be more than 20 months.
In some cases besides chemotherapy surgical interventions may be performed. Through surgery the tumors can be removed, both the ones created on the colon and the ones that made metastasis on the liver or lungs. However, cancerous tumors may reoccur after they have been removed on the same organ or in other parts of the body. To prevent this from happening, chemotherapy administration is very important. In fact, when possible colon cancer that created metastases treatment involves both chemotherapy and surgical interventions made with the purpose to remove cancerous tumors regardless of their location.
Pain After Colon Cancer
Published on Mar 03 2010, in the categories: Consequences, General information, Useful INfo
How to live and soothe the pain caused by colon cancer - Colon cancer is formed by small amount of infected polyps which are founder on the lining of your colon. Suffering of colon cancer may cause some irregularities in your digestive system and also could cause some pain. The pain itself is different from patient to patient by how progressed is the cancer and by which type of treatment it is supposed to.
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By managing your pain is exactly like you can beat your cancer. It’s is all about the fighting but you must be aware of your pain because the stronger the pain is the stronger the cancer is or bigger. If you couldn’t face this pain alone remember to ask for help for your family or love ones because they could be a better support as you can imagine for. If you are reticent about asking for your family to be there for you or you don’t want to put them in difficult situation you could always go to a support group where there are people with the same problems and experiences the same pain as you do and you could talk about it because managing your pain and having a good spirit could be a important part of your treatment process.
You have to be stronger than your pain, don’t be depressed because you could fight this and win the war. You have to acknowledge your pain because the bigger it gets the cancer could have progressed in other arias. So you have to know if the pain is different from before to tell your doctor to take extra screenings or to change your medication or to raise your dosage that the treatment to be more efficient.
If your doctor’s dosage can’t fix the entire pain that you’ll feeling you could also try other treatments that are on the market such as acupuncture or yoga or even deeper meditation. A lot of people who tried this complementary pain treatments said that meditation put them in a whole different place and not even it help with the disappearance of the pain but it also help with their state of mind feeling much stronger and better.
In some cases pain is caused by a large tumor who could press some nerves or other organs. In most of the times you could remove the tumor and the pain will go away but not always the tumor is operable so you could appeal to a radiation treatment that can reduce the size of the tumor and can reduce the pain that you are put through.
In some cases exercises can do wonders about your well being but sometimes you need to let your body to rest in order to recover after such hard treatment that is put under through. A good rest is another important part of your healing process. Sometimes psychological factors such as fear or worries can have a big role of the pain that you are going through. So try to talk with someone about your fears and worries because you can fight this and be the same person as you were some day.
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By managing your pain is exactly like you can beat your cancer. It’s is all about the fighting but you must be aware of your pain because the stronger the pain is the stronger the cancer is or bigger. If you couldn’t face this pain alone remember to ask for help for your family or love ones because they could be a better support as you can imagine for. If you are reticent about asking for your family to be there for you or you don’t want to put them in difficult situation you could always go to a support group where there are people with the same problems and experiences the same pain as you do and you could talk about it because managing your pain and having a good spirit could be a important part of your treatment process.
You have to be stronger than your pain, don’t be depressed because you could fight this and win the war. You have to acknowledge your pain because the bigger it gets the cancer could have progressed in other arias. So you have to know if the pain is different from before to tell your doctor to take extra screenings or to change your medication or to raise your dosage that the treatment to be more efficient.
If your doctor’s dosage can’t fix the entire pain that you’ll feeling you could also try other treatments that are on the market such as acupuncture or yoga or even deeper meditation. A lot of people who tried this complementary pain treatments said that meditation put them in a whole different place and not even it help with the disappearance of the pain but it also help with their state of mind feeling much stronger and better.
In some cases pain is caused by a large tumor who could press some nerves or other organs. In most of the times you could remove the tumor and the pain will go away but not always the tumor is operable so you could appeal to a radiation treatment that can reduce the size of the tumor and can reduce the pain that you are put through.
In some cases exercises can do wonders about your well being but sometimes you need to let your body to rest in order to recover after such hard treatment that is put under through. A good rest is another important part of your healing process. Sometimes psychological factors such as fear or worries can have a big role of the pain that you are going through. So try to talk with someone about your fears and worries because you can fight this and be the same person as you were some day.
How Does Colon Cancer Affect The Body
Published on Feb 06 2010, in the categories: Consequences
Colon cancer is caused by unknown factors, and unfortunately the cure is unknown also. This disease is one of the most deadly afflictions in the world. The medical world is still in a constant state of gathering information in order to learn more regarding this terrible disease, develop a treatment and overall diminishment of the risk and the annual fifty thousand death that occur in the world. The problems start when trying to determine its causes and effect in the early stages of development. If the colon cancer is detected early enough, it has a cure rate of almost ninety percent. If undetected or too much time goes and still untreated…it can have terrible effects on the body.
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The colon lies between the rectum and the small intestine. The colon's responsibility is to absorb minerals from the undigested alimentary products, followed by a process of metamorphosis in which the undigested rests.
are turned into excretions eliminated afterwards through the rectum orifice. For a normal and healthy individual this is a standard process that remains consistent. But when a polyp is present or a tumor of malignant essence, the whole colon and its role it’s compromised.
The early symptoms are not so visible or noticeable. First the sufferer may experience a fast and unexpected weight loss( this is because of the irritable bowel syndrome’s action and the fact that the nutritive substances are not absorbed fast enough- this is both a symptom and an effect of the colon cancer), bowel change (and the irritable bowel syndrome, this describes an abnormal function or dysfunction of the gastro and intestinal tract), the fatigue sensation and sometimes anemia was reported( anemia comes from the cancerous cells that produce tumors on the ride part of the colon.
The presence of polyps in the colon area and surrounding tissue can obstruct the stool normal elimination process, creating intestinal pains and constipation. Another effect in the early stages of development can be diarrhea, or sometimes an alternative constipation followed by diarrhea problems. This problems induced by the polyps’ presence can lead to very uncomfortable cramps and other stomach related pains.
Other effects consist in a small discharge of blood in the stool, an affection called melena. This affection can indicate a polyps’ presence in lower part of the intestine. An indication of the polyps’ position is the color of the blood. The brighter the color the more close to the rectum it is.
Once fully developed a colon cancer can affect other parts of the body as well. All the cancerous cells may penetrate the surrounding tissue and so contaminating the whole body. It enters the blood stream and affects the lymphatic system. With the tissue already damaged, the implemented cancerous cells can begin creating other polyps or tumors.
One fact remains a certainty , while you read this 5 people have already died of this terrible affliction.
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The colon lies between the rectum and the small intestine. The colon's responsibility is to absorb minerals from the undigested alimentary products, followed by a process of metamorphosis in which the undigested rests.
are turned into excretions eliminated afterwards through the rectum orifice. For a normal and healthy individual this is a standard process that remains consistent. But when a polyp is present or a tumor of malignant essence, the whole colon and its role it’s compromised.
The early symptoms are not so visible or noticeable. First the sufferer may experience a fast and unexpected weight loss( this is because of the irritable bowel syndrome’s action and the fact that the nutritive substances are not absorbed fast enough- this is both a symptom and an effect of the colon cancer), bowel change (and the irritable bowel syndrome, this describes an abnormal function or dysfunction of the gastro and intestinal tract), the fatigue sensation and sometimes anemia was reported( anemia comes from the cancerous cells that produce tumors on the ride part of the colon.
The presence of polyps in the colon area and surrounding tissue can obstruct the stool normal elimination process, creating intestinal pains and constipation. Another effect in the early stages of development can be diarrhea, or sometimes an alternative constipation followed by diarrhea problems. This problems induced by the polyps’ presence can lead to very uncomfortable cramps and other stomach related pains.
Other effects consist in a small discharge of blood in the stool, an affection called melena. This affection can indicate a polyps’ presence in lower part of the intestine. An indication of the polyps’ position is the color of the blood. The brighter the color the more close to the rectum it is.
Once fully developed a colon cancer can affect other parts of the body as well. All the cancerous cells may penetrate the surrounding tissue and so contaminating the whole body. It enters the blood stream and affects the lymphatic system. With the tissue already damaged, the implemented cancerous cells can begin creating other polyps or tumors.
One fact remains a certainty , while you read this 5 people have already died of this terrible affliction.
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