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So being diagnosed with colon cancer, it's a pretty scary time for most patients. There
is a lot of misinformation out there and there is just a whole lot of information out there
and most of it's right, but what do you do with all that information. Typically the next
step is once you have a diagnosis of a colon cancer, it is two fold. First there are some
blood work that is going to done seeing if you are losing blood from the actual tumor,
seeing if you are anemic, always look at the liver function to make sure that there is
no abnormal liver test because that makes sure that the tumor may have spread to the
liver, then I always order a CT scan or a CAT scan on all my patients to make sure that
there is no spread of disease within the abdominal cavity and also look to see if the lymph nodes
are involved. So the patient needs to be accurately staged to make sure that first, is the cancer
just confined to the colon or has it spread to the lymph nodes or has it spread beyond
to some other area and the abdominal cavity.
For an interactive tool to learn more about your colon cancer and your personalized treatment
options go to MyColonCancerCoach.org.