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Cancer that starts in your colon can sometimes spread to other parts of your body, including the liver. Another name for this cancer is metastatic, or stage IV, colon cancer. Your doctor might find that the cancer has spread to your liver when he first diagnoses you with colon cancer. Or after you've been treated, the colon cancer can come back and spread to the liver. About half of people with colorectal cancer will develop cancer that has spread. Some people with colon cancer that has spread to the liver don't have any symptoms. Or you might have symptoms like: 1  Blood in the stool. 2  Pain in the right side of your belly. 3  Swelling in your belly. 4  Tired, sick feeling. 5  Weight loss. When the site of metastasis is a single organ (such as the liver), and the cancer is confined to a single defined area within the organ, patients may benefit from local treatment directed at that single metastasis. The majority of patients diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer have unresectable or widespread disease. Treatment of Colon Cancer That has Metastasized to a Single Site. Stage IV colon cancer commonly spreads to the liver or the lungs. Some patients who have cancer that has spread to a single area are candidates for surgery to remove the metastases. Treatment of the liver: When it’s possible to completely surgically remove all liver metastases, surgery is the preferred treatment Colon cancer is classified as Stage IV if the final evaluation following surgical removal of the cancer shows that the cancer has spread to distant locations in the body; this may include the liver, lungs, bones, distant lymph nodes or other sites. Treatment of Colon Cancer That has Metastasized to a Single Site. Stage IV colon cancer commonly spreads to the liver or the lungs. Some patients who have cancer that has spread to a single area are candidates for surgery to remove the metastases. Treatment of the liver: When it’s possible to completely surgically remove all liver metastases, surgery is the preferred treatment Advanced bowel (colorectal) cancer means that the cancer has spread to other parts of the body from where it started in the large bowel (colon) or back passage (rectum). Your cancer may be advanced when it is first diagnosed. Treatments for advanced bowel cancer. Advanced bowel (colorectal) cancer means the cancer has spread to other parts of the body from where it started in the large bowel (colon) or back passage (rectum). Your cancer may be advanced when it is first diagnosed. Or the cancer may come back some time after you were first treat Every year, about 129,000 U.S. residents are told they have cancer of the colon or the rectum. More than half of these patients have the disease spread, or metastasize, to their liver, but often the disease spreads no further. Until very recently, this didn't make much difference: when the liver tumors were inoperable, or unable to be removed, no more than one in five patients responded to chemotherapy. Dec. 29, 1999 (Atlanta) -- A new way to administer chemotherapy greatly improves survival among colorectal cancer patients whose disease has spread to the liver. Stage IV. The cancer has spread from the colon to distant organs and tissues. Colon cancer most often spreads to the liver, but it can also spread to other places such as the lungs, peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity), or distant lymph nodes. In most cases surgery is unlikely to cure these cancers. Treatment of colon cancer by stage. For colon cancers that have not spread to distant sites, surgery is usually the primary or first treatment. Adjuvant (additional) chemotherapy may also be used. Stage IV colorectal cancer. Stage IV is the most advanced stage of colorectal cancer. If you have been diagnosed with stage IV colorectal cancer, it means that the cancer has metastasized to distant sites, such as the liver or lungs. The cancer may or may not have grown through the wall of the colon or rectum, and lymph nodes may or may not have been affected.  Colorectal liver metastases are often found during routine screening examinations following previous surgery that removed the colon or rectum. Sometimes the cancer is found to have spread to the liver at the same time the colon or rectal cancer is diagnosed. Although many patients may not have symptoms, you may present with symptoms that include: 1  Weight loss. 2  Blood in the stool / change in the size of your stools. 3  Fatigue
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colon cancer that has spread to liver