Tuesday, April 1, 2008

With colon and prostate cancer being on the rise in men,how important are they in the body

With colon and prostate cancer being on the rise in men,how important are they in the body?
As far as what their functions are.No plans on having them removed...
Cancer - 5 Answers
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1 :
As far as having them removed? You can't live without at least part of your colon and taking out your prostate will cause problems getting an erection.
2 :
Very important. Even if you could remove the organs the patient would still be susceptible to cancer! It would just go to another organ !
3 :
Prostate has no much functional importance. Can be removed in later stage of life. But colon is one of the important route for defecation. If removed patient will have some hardship.But no problem with normal living.
4 :
colon is storage house for feces..and prostate is for semen one can live without these two organs.. obviously there r bad effects on the body but he can survive,,,,
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Hello, The main problem isn't where a primary cancer is found to be. The problem is metastasis. The cancer cells spread to other organs/tissues in the body. Colon cancer kills not by necessitating a bowel resection. It kills by spreading to all other organs in the GI tract. The organs of your GI tract all share a rich exchange of blood flow. That's how those organs function. It's similar w/the prostate. You don't need a prostate to live. Once prostatic ca turns metastatic, though. Bad news. Changes in life styles, & diets not withstanding, men don't like to be physically checked for either of these cancers. The scope feels like it's 22 feet long, & I don't like someone's finger crammed up my rectum. These reasons are why many men die from these cancers.

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