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Young Lady With Colon Cancer Stage
In 08 my 28 yr. old neice had colon cancer , they removed the tumor, no chemo etc. Last month she had parts of the large and small intestines and a kidney removed. Colon Cancer again, what stage is it? Is it normal for it to spread to a kidney. She will be getting chemy and radation.
Mon, 15 Aug 2011
hi,thanks for query.After any treatment for malignancy regular follow up is must to see whether is spreading or not.It has spread again and she needed a surgery for this ,so things are in advanced stages.It is not normal to spread to kidneys.Please discuss this with your doctor and do proper planning of treatment.Keep regular follow up now.
wishing her good and speedy recovery.
wishing her good and speedy recovery.
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