Can anyone, in layman’s terms explain Metastatic Carcinoma to me. I know carcinoma means cancer but i can’t get a clear definition as to what "Metastatic Carcinoma" is. Thank you in advance, 10 pts to BA.
Or if anyone has a good resource where i could find good info on it, that would be appreciated.

Metastatic carcinoma is a type of cancer that has the ability to spread throughout the body by using the blood or the lymphatic system to spread to parts of the body that are distant from the original site.In other words a skin cancer can become a lung cancer when the skin cancer metastasizes.

My mother died from this when she was 31, as she was diagnosed too late. I’m 20 and have just been diagnosed with a possibility of having Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Seeing as I’ve heard colonic cancer is genetic, should I be getting checked out the possibility of cancer?

Also, for people who have suffered from colon cancer- what were the earliest symptoms that you got?
I don’t mean to sound like a hypochondriac-it’s just I don’t want to find out too late like my mother did.

The problem with colon cancer is that it shows no symptoms at early stages. It only starts showing when it’s advanced. The symptoms are:

- Blood flecks in your stools, particularly if the blood is dark or plum-coloured. This is the most commonly noticed symptom and should never be ignored.
- A change in your regular bowel habits, such as constipation or diarrhoea, that’s severe or lasts for two weeks or more.
- Abdominal pain or discomfort that lasts for two weeks or more.
- Unexplained weight loss.

To get cancer at a young age it is most likely genetic. I’m going to see a genetic doctor because I was diagnosed at 20. If any close relative has had colon cancer at a young age, you should ensure your doctor rules that out, instead of diagnosing you without any tests for cancer. I was told I probably have IBS, but luckily, she wanted to do more tests to be on the safe side. Although some people do get it at a young age without there being a genetic factor involved.

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Colon cancer is a dangerous form of cancer that starts in the colon, and then if nothing is done to treat it, it will start to spread. The causes of colon cancer have not been discovered yet, but scientists are researching its causes and new treatments that can help cure colon cancer and metastatic colon cancer.

The colon and the rectum for the large intestine. First, a tumor appears in the colon or sometimes in the rectum, and then it starts to grow, and the cancerous tissue spreads. In time it can reach other organs, such as the liver or the lungs.

In its early phases colon cancer can be treated quite easily, and the survival rate for patients diagnosed with stage 2 or 3 colon cancer is over 80%. However, if the cancer advances to the third or fourth stage, it will be really hard to cure it, the survival rate drops under 10%, but there still is hope.

This is why it is important to learn the signs and symptoms of colon cancer, and detect them early in order to start the treatment as soon as possible. The problem is that stage 1 or 2 colon cancer has almost no symptoms at all, and it’s hard to detect this disease until it has already advanced too much.

These are the common symptoms that may indicate an early colon cancer or a high risk of developing colon cancer:

-stool that contains small amounts of blood

-bleeding from the anus, which appears more rarely, and may just be a coincidence, but it can also be a sign

If colon cancer has advanced, then many symptoms appear. The most commonly encountered ones are:

-pain in the abdomen

-vomiting and nausea

-larger amount of blood in the stool

-change in bowel habits

-sudden weight loss

-thin stool

-stomach cramps

-diarrhea

-fatigue or tiredness

If you experience any of the symptoms mentioned above then immediately consult a doctor. Some of them can be cause by other affections, but in either case it’s important to seek medical attention. The doctors will perform some tests and clinical trials which will determine if you have or haven’t got colon cancer,and how far has it spread.

If it has not spread much then it can easily be treated with a colon cancer surgery, that removes the parts of the large intestine where tumors are.

A stage IV colon cancer diagnose is a very bad news, and it will probably change your life, but remember that there still is hope.

For more resource on different colon cancer subjects please click this link http://www.colon-cancer-center.com. You can also find valuable information about colon cancer diet or even about stage3 colon cancer

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When looking for facts about lung cancer, one jumps off the page faster and more vividly than any other facts about lung cancer: Smoking is the cause 95% of the time. In no other cancer is the cause so obviously and clearly outlined. Yes, there are ties between red meat and colorectal cancer. Yes, certain hormone treatments have been linked to breast cancer. And everyone knows asbestos’s history.

But when it comes to facts about lung cancer, it’s unassailable that smoking is very, very likely to be the cause of any given case. Ignore this at your own peril.

Some other facts about lung cancer:

Just under 200,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2010. This is a decrease in percentage of the population that coincides perfectly with the decrease in percentage of smokers over the decades.

Unfortunately, while instances of lung cancer have become less common among men, it’s become far more common among women. This is attributable to the increase in smoking among women in the Caucasian community in the 1970s as well as the increase in minority communities in the 1980s and 1990s. There are also some recent stories that suggest women may generally be more predisposed to getting lung cancer than men, but many in the health industry view these reports sceptically.

And understand this: Even if you’ve been a lifetime smoker, quitting smoking at any time will help your chances of avoiding lung cancer! It’s never too late to quit smoking and improve your health. Yet another of the facts about lung cancer that can’t be missed.

Symptoms should be aware of are largely what you’d expect them to be. There’s shortness of breath and wheezing, a persistent cough, chest pain, and spitting up blood. If you’re experiencing any or all of the above, make sure to monitor your condition closely and get to a doctor. It’s not worth taking chances with your life when it comes to the most common cancer in the western world.

While lung cancer is survivable if caught early, as of the year 2004 it still caused nearly one point five million annual worldwide deaths. The countries where the percentage of deaths from lung cancer are the highest tend to be in Eastern and Central Europe, though both the United States and Canada also have high rates of death from lung cancer.

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