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Suggest Prognosis For Intestine Cancer

What is the survival rate for "gooey" cancer. My friend has had her third surgery to remove tumor. 4 days ago a foot of intestine was also removed. She is about 5'8" not overweight at all, was above average active before this began 2 years ago. Also about 60 years old.
Thu, 12 Mar 2015
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I is important to know the course of disease in your friend from the first time she had any intestinal discomfort and approached her doctor. If she has had the cancer for 2 years and has had 3 surgeries since then, it means her cancer is aggressive in spite of treatment and is infiltrating locally. There is no mention of any spread to other organs so I understand that the cancer is still contained within the intestine. People with cancer limited to local infiltration around the intestine have a higher rate of survival than those who have disease that has spread to other organs like liver and lungs.

For local infiltration, the survival rate might be 2 to 5 years or more. For disease that has spread to liver and lungs the survival rate is 6 months to 18 months with treatment.
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Suggest Prognosis For Intestine Cancer

Hi, Thanks for writing in. I is important to know the course of disease in your friend from the first time she had any intestinal discomfort and approached her doctor. If she has had the cancer for 2 years and has had 3 surgeries since then, it means her cancer is aggressive in spite of treatment and is infiltrating locally. There is no mention of any spread to other organs so I understand that the cancer is still contained within the intestine. People with cancer limited to local infiltration around the intestine have a higher rate of survival than those who have disease that has spread to other organs like liver and lungs. For local infiltration, the survival rate might be 2 to 5 years or more. For disease that has spread to liver and lungs the survival rate is 6 months to 18 months with treatment.