<human>: My husband was recently diagnose with eccrine carcinoma. It grew around his scrotum and between the cheeks of his buttocks. They also associated this with colon cancer. We have had 8 wks of chemo and radiation, waited another 8wks for surgery. They removed the tumor, and now he has a permanent colostomy. We herd today that our radiation Dr was not optimistic of how the tumor responded to treatment . Also during surgery they found nodules on his liver. My questions are whats our prognosis, and can this type of cancer spread to the liver this quickly?
<bot>: Hi and welcome to Chat Doctor. Thanks for the query. This is very rare tumor, and it should be always confirmed by biopsy. I presume it is confirmed. Usually it spread to local lymph nodes and infiltrate surrounding tissue. Distal metastases are possible but rare. I wouldn't say was early phase considering that it infiltrated colon. So metastases should not be ruled out but as I said this is rare and there are various liver lesions which may be considered in the differential diagnosis of metastases.  Wish you good health. Regards