Colon Cancer Chemo

That's because the man involved in the battle against colon cancer, Tony Snow, the habit of walking along the corridor of power "in the most powerful political office on earth. What the Colon Cancer Pain looks for many of us in Malaysia, which arrived in the United States of America is still the biggest and best. What America says we agree or agree and what America did follow us or be brought forward. I guess the most powerful man on earth would be able to do something big to help staff and beloved fellowman which was in great distress. I think the snow would have got the best - the best advice, the best doctor, the best drugs and better hospital - for him to fight his war against cancer. So for me, this fight against cancer is probably the most well-fought battle ever conducted in America - the most powerful country in the world.

Facts:

1. Tony Snow was the press secretary of President George W. Bush - the current (2008) President of the United States of America.

2. He was married and had three children of school age. His mother also had colon cancer and died when the snow was 17.

3. Snow was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer in 2005.

4. After surgery, he underwent six months of chemotherapy.

5. It has been said to be cancer-free after treatment. He was appointed press secretary of President Bush in May 2006.

6. At the end of March 2007, the cancer reappeared Snow in his abdomen and liver.

7. He underwent surgery in April 2007, followed by more chemotherapy.

8. A little over a year later, Snow died at the hospital of the University of Georgetown - a Saturday morning in July 2008. He was 53 years.

The press quotes on his battle against metastatic colon cancer:

By The Associated Press. March 27, 2007 ~ It has recently reached the mark of two years are free of cancer. The secretary of the White House Deputy Press Secretary, said: "He told me that he beat this thing before and he intends to fight again."

Dr. Allyson Ocean, a gastrointestinal oncologist at Weill Cornell Medical College, said: "This is a very treatable condition. Anyone interested in what the death penalty is wrong."

USA Today March 27, 2007 ~ Robert Mayer, former president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology ... "Surgeons of thinking will not be able to be remedied by surgery but may be able to control it with chemotherapy. When cancer returns in multiple organs, the goal is not cure, but perhaps control for a long time, which can now be measured in years, as opposed to months. "

Daniel Laheru, a colorectal cancer specialist and associate professor at Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, said: "a decade ago, patients with widespread tumors survived an average of 12 months. Now, new chemotherapies have doubled that for about 24 months. "

The Cheerful Oncologist. March 28, 2007 wrote ~ "chemotherapy plus targeted therapy, however, has a chance to extend the life of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. The average survival time of patients who do not receive an anti-cancer ... 4-6 months while those with treatment of 20-21 months and hopefully more. This is an example of why medical oncologists give treatments designed to kill off cancerous cells and humiliate. "

The Washington Post - March 28, 2007. reported ~ "Snow, who beat cancer two years ago, suffered from colitis for 28 years and in February 2005, he was diagnosed with colon cancer. Snow said: seventeen days after diagnosis we go in and take the entire colon out and throw in a garbage bag. "After the treatments, the snow was" a certificate of good health to one.