What is the timeline for a person with stage IV small Intestine cancer?
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You are question is vague in the sense that you don't know exact histological type of the tumor. As different type of tumors has different prognostic rate. \n  Whatever, I tried to give you some information about the small bowel cancer and theirs prognosis, but it is not complete and definite and varies according to patient general status, site of tumor and co-morbid conditions.\n\nThe small bowel can be affected by both malignant(Bad prognosis) and benign (relatively good prognosis) lesions.\n\nMalignant tumors — the most common histologic types of malignant tumors of the small intestine are:\n (* percent is the distribution of each type to total cancers of small bowel)\n\n   Adenocarcinoma — 45 percent\n\n   Carcinoid — 29 percent\n\n   Lymphoma — 15 percent\n\n   Sarcoma — 10 percent\n\n\nAlthough these malignancies may be found throughout the different regions of the intestine,  certain subtypes have a predilection for specific regions. As an example, adenocarcinoma is the most common malignancy affecting the proximal small intestine, while carcinoid is the most common tumor in the ileum. \nSarcoma and lymphoma develop throughout the small intestine, but are most prevalent in the distal small bowel. Largely as a result of these differences in distribution, the reported relative incidence of each histology varies considerably with the patient population.\n\nBenign lesions of small bowel include adenomas, leiomyomas, fibromas, and lipomas. \n\nIf you are talking about the small bowel Adenocarcinoma with stage IV, it means that the tumor has any size, has invaded regional lymphnodes, but it must have distant metastases either in liver, lung, brain, bone or anyother part of body.\n\nThe time line strickly about the small bowel adenocarcinoma: \n\nPrognosis: \nadenocarcinoma — \nMural penetration, nodal involvement, distant metastasis, and perineural invasion are associated with a poor prognosis. Seventy to eighty percent of small bowel adenocarcinomas are resectable at the time of diagnosis; approximately 35 percent have metastasized to regional lymph nodes, and an additional 20 to 35 percent have distant metastasis .\n\nIn general, for patients undergoing resection of duodenal adenocarcinomas, five-year survival rates are similar, stage for stage, to those for colorectal cancer. As an example, in one series of 67 patients with nonampullary adenocarcinoma of the duodenum, the overall five-year survival rate was 54 percent; stratified by stage, five-year survival was as follows [42]:\n\n   Stage I — 100 percent\n\n   Stage II — 52 percent\n\n   Stage III — 45 percent\n\n   Stage IV — 0 percent\n\n\n  Prognosis: distal small bowel adenocarcinomas — Compared to duodenal cancers, regional node metastases are more frequent in jejunal or ileal adenocarcinomas [28,58,59]. Survival is generally poor, with most series reporting five-year survival rates of 20 to 30 percent. Between 60 and 70 percent of patients without lymph node involvement survive five years [28,60], compared to only 12 to 14 percent of those with positive nodes [28,61].\n\nSarcoma:\nSurvival rates are variable, with tumor grade being an important determinant [73,74]. In one study, for example, patients with low grade lesions (fewer than 10 mitoses per 50 high power fields) had an 80 percent disease-free survival at eight years [74]. In contrast, patients with high grade lesions had a mean disease free survival of less than 18 months.
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Eighty-one percent of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer patients survive at least 1 year after diagnosis. For all stages combined, the 5-year relative survival rate is 59% and the 10-year survival rate is 48%. These survival rates have not changed much in the past 20 years. If the cancer is found early, before it has spread to lymph nodes, the 5-year relative survival rate is around 82%. If it has spread to lymph nodes, the relative 5-year survival rate drops to 51%. \nThe treatment options for people with oral and oropharyngeal cancers are surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy either alone or in combination, depending on the stage of the tumor. After the cancer is found and staged, your doctor will discuss treatment choices with you. It is important to take time and think about all of the choices. In choosing a treatment plan, factors to consider include your overall health, the type and stage of the cancer, the chances of curing the disease, and the impact of the treatment on functions like speech, chewing, and swallowing.
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Well, the short answer is that it depends to a large degree on which stage it is caught in.  \n\nI found a link with a ton of information on the subject, including prognosis, symptoms, and treatments.  Here's an excerpt from the prognosis section:\n\nIn recent series, the 5-year patient survival rate varies from 50-80%, with most studies indicating patient survival rates of higher than 70%. Whether the Kadish classification system has a definitive prognostic value is unknown, but stages A and B seem to have a 5-year survival rate of 86% versus 72% for stage C.\n\nhttp://www.emedicine.com/med/topic748.htm
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I am no doctor, but, my father was diagnosed with initial stage NSC lung cancer in his one lung. Whoops; now I am confused, maybe it was small cell lung cancer. I think that is the more aggressive kind. Now I am not sure, and I started to answer your question. My point is, I know both cancers can spread, one more quickly than the other, but, when diagnosed at a later stage, which I believe your husband's one, the stage it is at gives you the percentage of survival rate (based on five years). So a six month prognosis was a 10 percent survival rate, which was horrible (to me). That is why the Dr. was shocked. No matter if the doctors were wrong, go with the facts. Your husband is still alive, he is living with cancer, not dying of cancer, so prayer, exercise, medicine, is all working. Accept it, and keep doing what you are doing. My son is outperforming all expectations for his rare diagnosis. How? Doctors can't explain it, but they say, "Keep doing what you are doing" Prayer is a very powerful thing, the most powerful and potent thing you can do. It is not his time, and keep loving and living with him. God has a plan for him. You may not know what the plan is, but, God does. Good luck, and I will keep you all in my prayers. A good resource for me was the lungalliance.org They have people who can help with questions. Or, it might be thelungalliance.org. Try both, or do a search engine on lungalliance.
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Val,\n\nLots of people live for 10 years with MM;  you would have to go to the IMF for exact details on 5 year numbers etc but I know a couple of 15 years and just saw an announcement on the MMA listserve of one celebrating his 25th year.  \n\nMy doc thinks I am going to one of those 10+ year guys and I promised my girl 20+ and I AM !! going to make it for my son, her and my family.\n\nHate to say it but so of it comes down to luck of the draw on which "type of MM" you have,  how well you take to treatments, age, mental outlook,  and general "other" health.  Young, and strondg at diagnosis give you a better fighting chance than someone who is over 70 with other health problems.\n\n While I know some people that are doing well after 5, 9 and 12+ years.  I also know some people that are diagnosed and dead in less than 3 years.  That's the reality of MM;  it is, by definition, a terminal cancer without a cure but it is more treatable every month.  Even in  the last 2 years we have better drugs such as Velcade and others - with more in phase II trail as we speak.  \n\nMy biggest beef is when I was diagnosed, I looked at the NCI website and they give you the horrid 5 year survival of under 5 years.   That may have been true in the 90's but with all the new meds coming down the pike,  I think MM will go from a "terminal cancer" to a "treatable with no cure cancer" in the next coupe of years.\n\nBut that depends on $$ because $$ = research and reseach = cures,  so support the MMRF and the IMF; they are the front lines for a cure.\n\nHope it helps,  \n\nJewells\n28 months and still here
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Give her all the supports you can by encouraging and giving medical attention. You have not told what cancer she is having the stage and grade of the disease so that I could have suggested the possible medication and treatments. Any way act as per the advise of your Oncologist. The treatments generally are - surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. The treatment side effects are more killing than the disease itself. What to do you have to fight the disease as -\n\nCANCER IS STILL AN ENIGMA.  Best wishes for speedy recovery of your friend.-
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I was diagnosed with a stage four ovarian cancer 2 years ago when I was 17.  I was supposed to only have 6 rounds of chemo, but I had the option of two more rounds, which I did.  I also had a surgery which took 5 hours.  I havent had any reoccurences.  It hasnt been five years, but I have had been cancer free.  I would just go with any additional treatments that the oncologists offer.  I hope everything goes well with your wife.  If she needs anyone to talk to she can email me, because I have been through it all.
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Honey, I am sooo sorry for you! My uncle had pancreatic cancer and I'm sorry but he died from it shortly after he was diagnosed (about 8 months). He went from a big (6'4") strong guy to one that couldn't move out of bed. He was in his 50's though. Hopefully since your boyfriend is younger and they caught it (in stage 1 or 2 I hope?) he will be able to fight it and win!\n\nI wish you the best of luck sweetie!
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The last stage of lung cancer is stage III. It is when the cancer has spread to other organs and lymph tissue and cannot be removed without surgery. It also means that it might be anywhere in the body and not just in the places it is discovered - so you can have surgery and then find that it is other places as well. \n\nI am very sorry if you are researching because someone you know has cancer or you think you might. \n\nQuitting smoking is hard - it is worth it.
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Hi,\n\nSorry to hear about the MM;  it broke up my marriage so hopefully the same will not happen to you.\n\nI am a little shocked he is so far along at 39;  "usuallly" we "young people with MM "  have lower progression.\n\nWhat is his outlook - SCT ?  Thal/Dex or Velcade?  Treatment should lower cell loading and he should get stronger.\n\n"both" of you could use some counsuling - to help get over the hard parts.  the mental game is REALLY hard;  so depression is there someplace;  to go from "alive and healthy" to "terminal cancer" is a really tough one to swollow.  Many people have told me "they understand" but truthfully, unless the doc give YOU that kind of news,  you really don't.  All you can do is work together to make it better till he gets better;  hopefully he will.\n\nYou really need to sit down and discuss what is going on;  that you, as "primary support person" have a lot on the plate and that, while you understand,  you need him to help as much as possible.  HE needs to be patient and work with oyou;  make him part of the support,  not just the person needing support.\n\nPart of the weekness is (probably) low HGB and the meds - see what you can do to keep him strong.  Docs should be albe to help and see if you can get some friends / relatives to give you a break;  even for a couple of hours a week.  You can't be superwomen forever;  ask for some help.\n\nAls, let him know, he NEEDS to keep up the strength as much as possible, for as long as possible.\n\nThere is a lot of help on the MM sites, even stuff for the caregivers.\n\nhttp://www.multiplemyeloma.org/\nhttp://www.myeloma.org/main.jsp\n\ngood luck,\n\nJewells\n28 months and still here
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Great statistics here:\nhttp://www.cancer.org/docroot/STT/stt_0.asp\n\nhttp://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2004/10_04/mirshahidi.htm\n\nAnd this one looks quite promising:\nhttp://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1200808\n\nBest of luck!
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The most advanced form is Stage IV which has a very low survival rate—only about 5 percent of those diagnosed with Stage IV ovarian cancer will survive for five years. The overall five­year survival of all patients with ovarian cancer, regardless of stage, is about 30 percent.
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the small bowel obstruction should be resolved by surgery, then chemotherapy  can prevent it to occur in the future,  with metastatic ovarian cancer,  small bowel involvement is not uncommon.
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c-diff is serious and I am not sure how a person has this for 7 months and is still living.  If this is the true diagnosis then the intestines would be pretty well inflamed, to say the least.  \n\nAre you a nursing student looking for help with a care plan?
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I'm going to post an answer I wrote for a similar question many weeks ago - I hope it helps:\n\n"...is she going to die?"\n\nI can't help you with the average survival time. Doctors and Cancer Research Center websites can give you all of the specifics. I can tell you, however, not to get bogged down with statistics. Statistically speaking, the chances may be low. But you can't focus on the numbers.  My husband was diagnosed with stage 4 Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma almost 6 years ago.   Them he was diagnosed with testicular cancer about a year and a half ago.  If we would have listened to survival 'statistics' either time, he would have been dead in spirit before he even started treatment.  Make sure you and your mom stay focused on complete healing.
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Cancer To 22nd Of July Or Leo If After Then.
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well, here's some advice: it kind of depends on what you have to do: are you a hs student? then basic information will be enough. its impossible to answer your questions here on yahoo answers - im really sorry. otherwise i would be sitting here all night.\nit really depends why the person is in the need of receiving a radiation therapy (what type of cancer, size, persons sex+age, ...). it also cannot be said how long an individual has to stay in the hospital (might not even be necessary, or even for weeks/month). \nwhen receiving rad. ther., some people are able to work, others are not (depends on their well being).\nyou usually lose your hair when undergoing chemo-therapy, which sometimes is processed at the same time. \nhint: go to your local hospital, they will be happy to supply you with extra information + guidance (intern, books, answering your questions).\nif it is not necessary for you to be so detailed, you can find info online. eg wikipedia or google search. or go to the library asking for medical books on radiology or general medicine.\n\ngood luck on your report