how many people actually survive stage 4 colon cancer even with treatment?

Answer 1

Probably far more stage 4 colon cancer patients survive than you think. There is a common misconception that if you have stage 4 cancer than it is fatal. This is wrong. Stage 4 is difficult to treat because the disease has metastasized to other parts of the body. But, it can be treated and there are survivors.

Far more important for successful treatment is the age and overall health of the patient at diagnosis. Much too will depend on circumstances that happen during treatment . . how does the patient respond, does he stay on schedule, is he a candidate for surgery, clinical trials, experimental treatments, the patients attitude, and the skill of the oncologist.

Survival is a very individual thing, and almost always has nothing to do with statistics.

For personal information concerning this disease I would suggest joining a support group. They are better prepared to give you good solid advice about your situation:

Colon Cancer Discussion List
http://listserv.acor.org/archives/colon.html

And, for your own information you can read over the NCCN clinical guidelines for colon and rectal cancer:

Colon and Rectal Cancer Treatment Guidelines for Patients
http://www.nccn.org/patients/patient_gls/_english/_colon/contents.asp

Answer 2

Stage 4 Colon Cancer Survival Stories

Answer 3

Can You Survive Colon Cancer

Answer 4

Sorry to hear about it. The hard question to answer is quality versus quantity of life left. If he will lose weight, be nauseated, lose his hair and just be miserable and in pain for the (potential) two years - only he can answer if it is indeed worth it. Unfortunately, in my experience, oncologists tend to be OVERLY optimistic in expected outcomes. Has it spread to the bones as well? A lot depends on his age and overall physical and emotional condition. Obviously, he has been given a death sentence either way. Without knowing any other specifics, his chances of making it five years is likely less than 10%. If he is young and in his 60's or younger and has the will, I would encourage him to fight the damned thing. New therapies are coming out often and you might just buy enough time for something more effective. If he is in his 70's or older, or is in frail health, maybe this is a time to say the things you wanted to - but never did, including your goodbyes. Thermo-ablation can be useful to 'cook' the liver metastases and buy more time. This is dome with a needle that is inserted into the liver and heats up - thereby cooking the tumor. But this is only effective if the liver is not loaded with multiple small tumors. There is also something called microembolization therapy. I'm bringing up diferent options and possibilities. I will keep your father in my thoughts and prayers. Sounds like he is a good man to have had a child as caring as you.

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

Honestly , I think there are very few . At a 4 it moves quick . I think the Chemo can actually make other things take place. Not to say that it wont help, because it has some , but I believe it has alot to do what time of Cancer it is and how fast it progresses .
Chemo not only affects bad cells but also some good !!!!!!!!!

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Answer 8

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Answer 9

Many people answering here give opinions. Here are the facts.

The majority of STAGE 4 COLON CANCER patients have unresectable or widespread disease. Historically, these patients have been considered incurable and were offered treatment with chemotherapy for the purpose of prolonging their survival and alleviating symptoms from progressive cancer. Single-agent fluorouracil chemotherapy with or without leucovorin has been the standard treatment approach for over 30 years. Treatment with fluorouracil chemotherapy regimens induce a remission or shrinkage of the cancer in 15%-45% of patients and the average patient survives approximately 1 year from treatment. .

There are more and more reports by establishment oncologists doubting the value of chemotherapy, even to the point of rejecting it outright. One of these, cancer biostatistician Dr. Ulrich Abel, of Heidelberg, Germany, issued a monograph titled Chemotherapy of Advanced Epithelial Cancer in 1990. Epithelial cancers comprise the most common forms of adenocarcinoma: lung, breast, prostate, colon, etc. After ten years as a statistician in clinical oncology, Abel became increasingly uneasy. "A sober and unprejudiced analysis of the literature," he wrote, "has rarely revealed any therapeutic success by the regimens in question in treating advanced epithelial cancer." While chemotherapy is being used more and more extensively, more than a million people die worldwide of these cancers annually - and a majority have received some form of chemotherapy before dying. Abel further concluded, after polling hundreds of cancer doctors, "The personal view of many oncologists seems to be in striking contrast to communications intended for the public." Abel cited studies that have shown "that many oncologists would not take chemotherapy themselves if they had cancer." (The Cancer Chronicles, December, 1990.)
"Even though toxic drugs often do effect a response, such as a partial or complete shrinkage of the tumor, this reduction does not prolong expected survival," Abel finds. "Sometimes, in fact, the cancer returns more aggressively than before, since the chemo fosters the growth of resistant cell lines." Besides, the chemo has severely damaged the body's own defenses, the immune system and often the kidneys as well as the liver.
In an especially dramatic table, Dr. Abel displays the results of chemotherapy in patients with various types of cancers, as the improvement of survival rates, compared to untreated patients. This table shows:
-In colorectal cancer: No evidence survival is improved.
-Gastric cancer: No clear evidence.
-Pancreatic cancer: Study completely negative. Longer survival in control (untreated) group.
-Bladder: No clinical trial done.
-Breast cancer: No direct evidence that chemotherapy prolongs survival; its use is "ethically questionable."
-Ovarian cancer: No direct evidence.
-Cervix and uterus: No improved survival.
-Head and neck: No survival benefit but occasional shrinkage of tumors.


Frankly, there is more hope in an alternative medicine approach. This website, in particular, stands out as a resource--http://www.geocities.com/cure.cancer/how_to_cure_cancer_with_ginger.html

And this one has a great video on the subject--
http://www.altcancer.com/vidgal.htm#hoxsey

"The Cure for All Cancers", ISBN 0963632825
"The Cure for All Advanced Cancers", ISBN 1890035165
"A Cancer Therapy", ISBN 0882681052
"Oxygen Therapies", ISBN 0962052701
"Hydrogen Peroxide--Medical Miracle", ISBN 1885236077
"The Natural Cure for Cancer--Germanium", ISBN 0533071410
"Killing Cancer", ISBN 0705000966
"Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About", ISBN 0975599518

There are many other good books about surviving this disease, and you should know about this option, even if you choose to go the traditional route with it's abysmal prognosis. Best of luck.

Answer 10

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