Re: Sister-in-law diagnosised with colon cancer
From: John B (jb_at_noapam.com)
Date: 07/30/04
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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:33:42 -0700
I agree with another poster that the important thing for your husband to
have, first, is a colonoscopy. Virtual colonoscopy? Forget it. Not
reliable. See 2004 article: http://www.healthday.com/view.cfm?id=518355
If you want to read some very interesting details about the genetics of
colorectal cancer, look up Dr. Bert Vogelstein with a search engine. His
work describes the genetic pathology, if I am using the right wording, that
leads from normal DNA to colorectal cancer DNA. It takes several steps,
which is why the colonoscopy is such a wonderful examination. It will catch
pre-cancerous polyps during a generous time window, before they might become
cancerous. If you're not so lucky, then the colonoscopy will find a tumor.
That's how my Mom was discovered to have cancer. She survived, despite her
Stage III condition.
"Luck," of course, is in the eye of the beholder.
What stage of colon cancer was your sister-in-law found to have?
I think you were inquiring about the *hereditary* significance of colon
cancer, rather than the *genetics.* All cancer is *genetic*, but not
necessarily *hereditary*. That is my opinion, but I am not a medical
professional.
Best of luck to you all...
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