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Why Is Permanent Bag Advised For Rectal Cancer?
My sister (age 52; 5'9") was diagnosed with rectal cancer 2 weeks ago. She was told she would need a temporary bag. Then they determined it to be a melanoma and changed that to a permanent bag. Why the change. It has not spread from anywhere else on the body or to anywhere.
Mon, 27 Oct 2014
Hi and welcome to HCM thanks for the query. because if this is metastatic melanoma then prognosis is unfortunately very poor and it is hard to expect that patient will survive till colostomy reversal unfortunately so surgicall procedure must be more radical then in case of rectal cancer. Wish you good health. Regards
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