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What Are The Chances Of Mortality In A Stage 4 Colon Cancer?
my mother-in-law has been told she has stage 4 colon cancer which has metastised to her lungs (she has a cough whcih won't go away) and to her liver, she also has a spur going into her kidney. I don't want to ask what the doctors have said but need to have a sense of how long she may live - it's truly awful not knowing
Wed, 30 Jul 2014
Hi
Your mother in law is suffering from stage 4 colon cancer.
Average survival time is around 1 to 2 years at this stage.
Treatment consist of only palliative chemotherapy along with targeted therapy to control tumour size and improve quality of life.
Regards
DR De
Your mother in law is suffering from stage 4 colon cancer.
Average survival time is around 1 to 2 years at this stage.
Treatment consist of only palliative chemotherapy along with targeted therapy to control tumour size and improve quality of life.
Regards
DR De
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