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Diagnosed With Colon Cancer. Is There A Natural Approach To Healing Colon Cancer?
Question: I have a friend who was recently diagnosed with stage 2 -3? colon cancer. The doctor told him to go home and get his affairs in order as he gave him 6-12 months to live. It was suggested that he undergo chemo therapy. He refused. He has recently stopped taking the pills given to him because he said they made him feel so bad. Is there a natural approach to healing colon cancer? Such as turmeric? I have also heard of dandelion root
Hi
Thanks for posting your query
Few Facts : Unfortunately there is no natural cure for colon cancer
All that is available has palliative role in one form or another
If he has been advised to undergo chemotherapy , please persuade him to do so
This will improve the quality of his life , else the terminal stages can make the patient miserable
How long one lives is not in our hands but how one lives is definitely within us, so ask him to follow his doctors advise and lead a better quality life
Hope this helps
Am available for followup queries
Wishing your friend a better life ahead
Thanks for posting your query
Few Facts : Unfortunately there is no natural cure for colon cancer
All that is available has palliative role in one form or another
If he has been advised to undergo chemotherapy , please persuade him to do so
This will improve the quality of his life , else the terminal stages can make the patient miserable
How long one lives is not in our hands but how one lives is definitely within us, so ask him to follow his doctors advise and lead a better quality life
Hope this helps
Am available for followup queries
Wishing your friend a better life ahead
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
I was informed that he has stage 2 colon cancer and as I understand stage 2 has a successful 67% cure rate if one undergoes surgery. Is this true? And what is the surgery that is involved?
Hi
There are different classifications available
In a broader sense stage 2 has local spread
The primary treatment is surgical resection and end to end anastomosis
After the exploration and histopathological spread of disease is known, chemotherapy , radiotherapy may be added
Results vary and depend on the site of lesion, spread to surrounding organs, involvement of lymphnodes etc
Yet if a good surgical resection is done and chemotherapy if needed is given five year survival is more than 67%
Hope this helps
Am available for followup queries
Wishing your friend a speedy recovery
There are different classifications available
In a broader sense stage 2 has local spread
The primary treatment is surgical resection and end to end anastomosis
After the exploration and histopathological spread of disease is known, chemotherapy , radiotherapy may be added
Results vary and depend on the site of lesion, spread to surrounding organs, involvement of lymphnodes etc
Yet if a good surgical resection is done and chemotherapy if needed is given five year survival is more than 67%
Hope this helps
Am available for followup queries
Wishing your friend a speedy recovery
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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