| Metastatic colon cancer is one of the leading causes | | | | You still have several treatment options after the |
| of death from cancers and tumors in the USA and | | | | metastatic colon cancer diagnose. What the best |
| unfortunately the survival rate for those diagnosed | | | | treatment for you is will be determined by several |
| with it is below 10%. | | | | clinical trials. The treatment is very influenced by how |
| If you have been diagnosed with a metastatic colon | | | | far has the metastatic colon cancer has spread. |
| cancer then your life will change, but you should | | | | If it has only spread to a single organ different from |
| always remember that there is chance that you'll be | | | | the large intestine then the treatment has higher |
| cured and try to fight the illness as much as you can. | | | | chances of success because it can be directed to |
| Colon cancer occurs when a tumor appears in the | | | | that single site. The most common place where |
| colon or in the rectum. The colon and the rectum | | | | metastatic colon cancer spreads is the liver, and |
| together form the large intestine. First, only a tumor | | | | sometimes the lungs. |
| appears either in the colon or in the rectum, but if it | | | | The problem is that at most patients colon cancer |
| is not treated then the tumor will spread, and in time | | | | has spread to many other locations, and the |
| it will affect other organs, such as the liver and the | | | | treatment can not be directed to a single site. |
| lungs, causing tumors to appear in them too. This is | | | | The best treatment option in this situation is |
| the final phase of colon cancer, when it has spread | | | | chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is done by injecting, |
| too much and there are too many cancerous cells in | | | | directly in the blood, certain substances that have the |
| the body. It is also called stage IV colon cancer or | | | | ability of killing cancer cells. Chemotherapy has severe |
| metastatic colon cancer. | | | | side effects like loss of hair, fatigue, loss of appetite, |
| When doctors discover colon cancer they usually | | | | fever, and many more. The survival rate for |
| immediately recommend surgery to remove the part | | | | chemotherapy-treated patients is not too high, but it |
| of the large intestine where the tumor has grown. | | | | increases each year and new techniques are |
| After the surgery several tests are performed to | | | | continuously researched and developed. |
| see if the cancer has spread. If the result is positive | | | | We can only hope that the future will bring good |
| and the cancerous cells are discovered in other | | | | news for those with metastatic colon cancer, and |
| distant places of the body then you will receive the | | | | also remember that some manage to survive it and |
| stage IV colon cancer diagnosis. | | | | you could be among them. |