my mother diagnosed with stage3b colon cancer (5 from 23 lymph nodes are affected and maybe a cappilary vessel. She has no other health problem and she is 53 years old. We are going to start chimo after she exits hospital.Please tell me how many chances we have to succeed... is there any chance that has spread in an other organ and not be seen?Please inform me for chimo medication also.Thank you very much
Welcome to Chat Doctor .  Stage III colon cancer in your mother needs chemotherapy...usually with a regimen called FOLLOW containing 3 different Chat Doctor. ... Cure rates are about 50 %. Small microscopic disease can't be seen by any methods... But that's the reason why we are giving chemo in the first place, to tackle the microscopic disease... Hope your queries are answered... Thank you for using Chat Doctor