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Originally Posted by Judas Booth 
Actually, this is hitting a little too close to home for me: my mother died on April 10th of last year from breast cancer that had spread throughout her entire body, including into her large intestine/colon.
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I'm sorry to hear that.
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| I may have picked FF for my Dead Pool, but I'd actually be very pleased if she were to beat it somehow. Knowing what my mother went through, I don't like her chances. |
Five year US survival statistics published in the "Journal of the National Cancer Institute":
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* Stage 1 Colon Cancer: 93%
* Stage 2A Colon Cancer: 85%
* Stage 2B Colon Cancer: 72%
* Stage 3A Colon Cancer: 83%
* Stage 3B Colon Cancer: 64%
* Stage 3C Colon Cancer: 44%
* Stage 4 Colon Cancer: 8% |
As you'll know - there are various forms of cancer (some aggressive, others less so) which will adjust those figures up or down.
Wealth is in FF's favour. Rich people get the best treatment (and quicker detection). Poor people don't. Provided it's been picked up before it metastasized and she hasn't contracted an aggressive strain that doesn't respond well to treatment her chances are probably good.