stage IV colon cancer in duodenum and lymph nodes

by Terry
(Navarre, FL USA)

duodenum is where the cancer is, tissue of origin appears to be from the colon, although not in the colon also in the lymph nodes. where to find similar cases?
A bypass of the duodenum was done and cannot start chemo until the surgery heals. we are keeping our hopes up the best we can, and being optimistic.

Any idea of time frame for my husband? I have heard and read stage IV is incurable, although treatable. Just what does that mean? 5FU chemo is suggested 24/7.

Please help with any info you may have?

Thank you for your time,
Terry

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stage IV colon cancer in duodenum and lymph nodes

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Dec 09, 2010
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also requesting duodenum cancer info
by: Anonymous

Terry:
It is amazing how uniformed people are about duodenum. My father in law was diagnosed with duodenum cancer stage 3 in october 2010. He also had the bypass surgery then 5 fu chemo. Only 1% of all intestsinal cancer is in the duodenum very rare and hard to find out much infomation. Even his surgeon and chemo doctors can not agree on his long term survival. The plan is shrink the tumor then do the whipple procedure. How is your husband doing well we hope. Deb from Michigan

Apr 05, 2010
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You can beat a stage 4 Colon Cancer
by: Nagaraj Krishna

Hi Terry,

I am Nagaraj Krishna, from Bangalore India. I was given a time of 6 months on 22/4/08 by the surgeon who did a Rt. Hemicoloctomy by removing 25 c.m. of my Colon,after been diagnoised as stage 4 Colon cancer just 3 days earlier. I am still living healthily even after undergoing one more surgery Anterior resection in sept/09.this time it was in Rectum.

I dedicate this to following factors.

1.A strong Positive mental attitude.

2. A super strong will power to live long as much as possible.In fact I have decided to live upto 82 yrs. i.e. for another 45 yrs.

3.Reading autobiographies of Cancer thrivers like
Lance Armstrong, as we 2 are the first 2 people to say to cancer that it has chosen wrong persons and we are going to defeat it.

4.Listened and followed the Audio CD "Cancer Discovering Your Healing Power",by Louise L. Hay.

5. Taking distilled Cow-Urine called Arca which is available in India currently.

6.Ofcourse taking Folfox and Folfiri chemotherapies after the first and second surgeries.

Last word: In your Husband's Case Cure will be easy as he has a loving wife in You.I am the person who has not married yet and never got a proper parental love.

BE BRAVE AND FIGHT, YOU WILL WIN.

Best Wishes

For any further encouragement kindly contact me
on nagraj.krish@gmail.com or call me on 91-8050533384.

Regards
Nagaraj Krishna

Apr 05, 2010
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treating stage 4 colon cancer
by: Anonymous

Oddly enough, it appears that the origin of the tumor was somewhere else besides the duodenum or it wouldn't be called colon cancer.

Chemotherapy is a great next step but you need to wait until the surgical areas have healed because chemotherapy can interfere with surgical healing. Treatable but incurable means that there are treatments to slow down the spread, to to treat the life threatening effects of the cancer, but reversing the disease [a cure] is long odds.

Your docs will probably treat this as a regular case of stage IV colon cancer, take the chemotherapy and hope for the best. People recover from stage 4 colon cancer, but it is long odds [maybe 1 in 10].

Best luck and good wishes to you and your husband.

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