Colon cancer of the cecum

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rick there is no easy way of answering this question for you..me i had colon polyps also my was full of ""CANCER"" if the dr. (ob-gyn) had not told me to get a test done i would not be here with my family i was 32 yrs.. at the time,,the gastro.dr. said i was the youngest that he has ever had that had polyps and full of cancer..

It can be a tricky business removing polyps in the ascending colon. There is no reason to panic. Colon cancer is very slow growing. In my opinion another colonoscopy in three months won't reveal much. Perhaps biopsies can be taken, but that still leaves unanswered questions. The one sure solution is surgery, and I wouldn't settle for anything less than the most experienced specialist in your area.

My father is 83, is diabetic, has cardiac problems and has liver cancer that metastasized from colon cancer. No surgery is without the obvious risks, and risk is higher with greater age/and/or other health problems. We chose radiofrequency ablation. Even that was very risky for him, and we were told that it was probably not a cure, but would hopefully retard the progress of the cancer. And it did buy him a few months.

Ok...here's the deal...I'm 20 years old and I think I have colon cancer. Now before you roll your eyes and immediately start throwing statistics at me, hear me out. I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease when I was 15 years old. I have been on Remicade for about four years and recently the effects seem to be diminishing.So, I went in for a colonoscopy and upper endoscopy. They found three small polyps in my cecum (1-2mm) and one mid-sized polyp in my mid ascending colon (6-8mm).

People who develop colon cancer at a young age like yourself usually have an hereditary colon disease in the family like FAP ( Familial Adenomatous Polyposis). There are two forms, one is where thousands of polyps develop in the colon between the age of 8 and the teen years. With the attenuated form, polyps develop slowly and just a few at a time. With one cancer develops by their late 30's, the other by their 40's. It is very rare for one your age to develop polyps.

I am scheduled for surgery to remove two pre-cancerous polyps that could not be removed during colonoscopy as one is too large and flat and one is ulcerated. They are close to each other allowing one resection. HOWEVER, the two surgeons I have consulted with both say the same thing: that they will remove the appendix, cecum, ileum cecal valve, some lymph nodes in that area and, I believe, some blood vessels (a curtain).

My friend Tom was diagnosed last year with bladder cancer. He had his bladder removed and received chemotherapy. A couple of months ago two tumors appeared in his pelvis area. At this time he also had a blood clot in his left leg in which they gave him Coumadin. He has since then undergone 25 radiation treatments to shrink the tumors in his pelvis. He has had bleeding from his retum twice. Once before the radiation (after the Coumadin) and now currently.

My husband is scheduled for a colectomy in which his entire right side of his colon will be removed. This seems extreme to us, as the large polyp in the cecum is not cancerous at this point, although it can become cancerous. The surgeon doesn't want to remove just a small part of the colon. He is removing the surrounding lymph glands too. Has anyone ever had just a small section of the colon removed for this kind of polyp?

My 80 year old mother had an MRI which revealed colonic mass near cecum ileocecal junction? (think that is accurate). SHe has had stomach cramps, some nausa and tiredness for months and finally went to the doctor. She is scheduled for colonoscopy in a few weeks.Doctor did not say much besides giving her the report and scheduling colonoscopy. Besides a tumor, could polyps or other benign conditions show as a colonic mass?

I am a 64 yo male with no family history of colon cancer. (But my mother had pancreas cancer and I had a melanoma 20 years ago.) A colorectal surgeon performed a colonoscopy and found several adenomatous polyps, two of them large, situated on either side of the colon (exact size or nature not mentioned).

Cricopharynx is normal Esophagus shows A LARGE HITUS HERNIA Fundus, body, and antrum stomach are normal Duodenal bulb is normal Dll is normal Video colonoscopy Report Colonoscopy passed till cecum Rectum shows normal mucosa Recto-sigmoid is normal Descending colon is normal Transverse colon is normal Right sided preparation was suboptimal there was considerable fecal matter no obvious pathology seen Conclusion: Normal colonoscopy The patient is now having no fever.

I am scheduled to have a enteroclysis study done. They are checking for any narrowing in my colon. Please note, that I also had my ileocecal valve removed, my cecum and other parts. They said my ileocecal valve being removed shouldn't cause this much trouble. I am very desperate for help if you can please give me insight or any information. Thank you very much. Also, one Dr. says I don't have hardly any Large colon left except about 2 foot. Mayo said I had plenty. !

I am a 50 y/o man.In 11/04 I had a colonoscopy.It "said" I had carinoma(colon cancer) of the signoid colon,a 2 cm hard mass tumor.I had 8 inches of my signoid colon removed near my rectum.Pathology could not find evidence of a tumor in the section that was removed.In 03/05 I had another colonoscopy.The 03/05 colonoscopy said I had 2cm hard mass tumor in my distal transverse colon.Tests proved the distal transverse was the only tumor I ever had.I NEVER HAD a tumor in my signoid colon.

Therefore this was withdrawn and the gastroscope was advanced to this level and then on to the cecum. On withdrawal from the cecum bowel prep was of good quality. The vascular pattern throughout the colon appeared normal. On withdrawal no polyps or masses were seen. There were a moderate number of diverticuli noted in the sigmoid colon. There was some focal edema and subepithelial hemorrhage in the mid sigmoid colon suggestive of probable diverticulitis.

I do understand how you feel right now but I recommend that you discuss the results of the PET scan with your attending physician. The lateral right colon may refer to the cecum, ascending colon or part of the transverse colon. The CT scan would indeed be very helpful in determining the diagnosis. Take care and do keep us posted.

Whith the loss of (probably) the terminal ileum and some portion of the large colon/small colon, one of the things you will experience is the lack of a 'valve' that allows for measured amounts of contents to move from the end of the small intestine into the large intestine. You may find that you have more frequent bowel movements or fecal material passage into and through the large intestine. It it sometimes referred to as 'dumping' issues.

Is there a history of colon cancer in the family? A lot of things determine how often you should be scoped for polyps. The fact that you are developing them with frequency would lead me to believe that you need to be very vigilant with it. You need to talk with a GI doctor to get a thorough answer on this. Best of luck to you.

Hubby's scope went for over an hour because he has polyps all over the first part of the colon on the right side (the cecum). The Doc resected the biggest one and sent it to pathology. He's pretty sure it's benign, but wants to recheck that entire area in 90 days. The polyp was a kind of flat one, and the cecum tissue is very fragile, so there is a definite possibility of the wound area rupturing over the next couple of days. If that happens, he'll need an emergency bowel resection.

She had a cecum resection that removed the ascending colon and 6 in of the small intestine. There was a tumor in colon that had attached to the abdominal wall. She also had a nodal in the shoulder area (lymph) removed that was malignant. She has elevated CEA and CA19-9. Her oncologist started her on chemo 5 weeks after surgery. She had 6 treatments and then he repeated her PET/CT He is continuing her on chemo for another year? Is this the norm?

6 weeks ago, I had a sharp pain in the right lower side of the abdomen which lasted about 2 or 3 days, then went away on its own and has not bothered me since. My doctor ordered: 1) abdominal ultrasound - result normal; 2) abdominal/pelvic CT scan w/contrast - result "thickening in the cecum region". WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ? I am now scheduled for colonoscopy but the doctor does not explain anything.

I was diagnosed with colon cancer (cecum) last year and it had gone to my liver. The colon tumor was small and had not gone out of my colon....the liver tumor was small and right on the edge (2cm) I think. The Dr. removed both and was optimistic. I started chemo and my original number of 9 went down to 6 and then to 2 and 3 almost immediately. I had my last tumor marker in September. I had another this last week and it was 19.9 and a backup the next day and it was 20.2.

I had colon resection surgery last August due to a 30 mm polyp in the cecum (not cancer) I have had sharp, piercing pain in the right side with sudden moves - there are 2 surgical clips medial and posterior to the proximal colon. Are these clips pinching something in there that caused this pain? Are they inside the colon or on the outside? The CT scan does not say.

When should I be concerned about colon cancer or other serious conditions. My father had colon cancer at the age of 74. Nothing prior to that and no other family members have cancer. Any suggestions???????????

Biopsy results will be ready Aug. 14. Looking at the report makes me realy scared, that he might have colon cancer. Can you please look at it and give me some insight. Really appreciate your help! Any additional information will help. What scares me the most in the reort is Hepatic Flexure. Here is the report: Findings: Anal Canal - Internal Hemorrhoids Rectum - Normal Sigmoid Colon - Diverculosis, Moderate. Flat 0.6 cm polyp removed via snare cautery. 1.

He had a second recurrence of colon cancer 4 years ago, and this time had the cecum removed. A small-bowel fistula resulted very near the ostomy site. He nearly died from lack of nutrition, but has survived 4 years now! The fistula is almost healed, but now the stoma is secreting a very acidic, colorless liquid that eats right through the wafer, loosening it so that it has to be changed DAILY instead of every 4 days.

Presence of mildly enlarged ileocecal lymph nodes with largest being 7x6 mm. 5. Thickening of distal ileum 6. Filling defect in the cecum probably from ileocecal valve and incomplete distention (this needs clinical correlation) 7. Similar filling defects in the rest of ascending colon. GI has me scheduled for colonoscopy in 10 days (UGH)...GI said the pain that I am having correlates with the location of the ileum...

I am a healthy and active 43 yo female. My doc found multiple flat adenomas throughout my entire colon of which she took several biopsies. During the procedure she told me that if the adenomas were PRE-cancerous I would need a total colectomy as my colon was a hotbed of activity and it would be too risky to leave in. She said it was possible that the adenomas were only lymphatic tissue in which case I am not sure of the treatment plan.

I had a colonoscopy done on 20 August and the doctor removed 3 polyps in the cecum and stopped the proceedure because he ran out of time. I still have 5 polyps left in the ascending colon and now have to go in to have them removed on September 24. Why could the Doctor not have removed them all at the same time. I think $$$$$ Help!

I recently had an incomplete colonoscopy (unable to view ascending to cecum) due to possible endometrial adhesions (as per GI spec.). The remainder of the colon (90%) is unremarkable. My sister was diagnosed with Stage IV colorectal CA in July 2007 - inoperable w/several mets. Her case was reviewed by Dr.K.Tanabe at the MGH Cancer Center. A very sad situation. My mother has a hx of breast CA (survivor) :), 1 maternal aunt w/ovarian cancer, 1 cousin succumbed to breast CA (age 42 y.o.

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