familiar with colon cancer-Colon cancer is one type of cancer that is often encountered, particularly in men and women aged 50 years or more. In men, colorectal cancer ranks as the third most common cancer found after prostate and lung. While in women, this cancer also ranks third after breast cancer and lung. ''From various reports, in Indonesia there are increasing number of cases (colon cancer),
Colon cancer is a malignant growth of cancer cells in the surface of the colon or rectum. Most colon cancer starts from malignant cell growth or adenoma, which in the early stages of forming polyps (cells that grow very fast).
In the early stages, adenomas can be removed easily. It's just that at this early stage, often adenoma did not show any symptoms, so it is not detected in a relatively long time. In fact, adenoma who initially did not cause any complaints, at one time could develop into a cancer that undermines all parts of the colon.
The initial symptoms are not typical of this makes a lot of colon cancer patients come to the hospital when the disease is so advanced. Treatment becomes difficult. In fact, the key to the success of treatment of colon cancer was the discovery of cancer in early stages, so that therapy can be carried out curative surgery. Unfortunately, things like this are very rare. What often happens is that cases such as experienced by Prasad, the cancer is found at an advanced stage, so that sufferers hope of survival become very small.
If colon cancer is found in stage I, the chance of patients to live up to five years to reach 85-95 percent. Meanwhile, when found in stage II, the opportunity to reach 60-80 percent, at about 30-60 per cent stage III, and stage IV about 25 percent. ''This means, if there are 100 patients with stage IV colon cancer, then who are still alive five years only five people.
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