My aunt has recently been diagnosed as having bowel cancer. They found a 2 inch tumor in the large intestine. A CT scan has since shown the cancer has just begun to spread to the liver. The liver has some spots on one side of it. The dr’s are going to treat it with chemotherapy. Does anyone know prognosis statistics for this type of cancer?

How long typically would a cancer patient have without chemotherapy to live once spread to the liver, after 6 months chemotherapy that wasn’t very effective.. is it worth trying to give another chemotherapy a chance when you have been told it will give you a little longer given the possible side effects?

Thank you

My 84 year old grandfather just had a CT scan. He received a call from his doctor saying that they found something abnormal in his bowel and liver. His appointment is a week away. What are the chances this is cancer? What other things could this be?

Hello

I am a 23 year old male, diagnosed with Duke C bowel cancer in may 2008. I had a proctocolectomy to remove the tumor but it spread to the lymph nodes and a recent ultrasound showed mulitple lesions on my liver.
I am not so concerened whether i live or die but really just how much pain i will experience with or without medicine as i am quite sick to death of hopsitals and am not really happy of the idea of more hospital stays and/or drugs.

thank you

17: The pancreatic duct transports secretions from the pancreas to the
stomach.
duodenum.
liver.
colon.

18: Bile is produced in the
liver.
small intestine.
pancreas.
gall bladder.

19: Specifically, by definition, when air flows outward, we call it
costal breathing.
diaphragmatic breathing.
inspiration.
expiration.

20: As the thoracic diaphragm contracts and lowers, what happens?
Volume of the thoracic cavity decreases.
Pressure within the thoracic cavity increases.
Both of the above.
None of the above.

21: The exchange of gases between blood and cells is called
pulmonary ventilation.
internal respiration.
external respiration.
cellular respiration.