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Most often, colon cancer spreads to the liver, but it can also spread to the ovaries, lungs, or brain. Colon cancer tends to spread to the liver first, because all of the blood from the colon drains to the liver before proceeding to the rest of the body.
Every year, about 129,000 U.S. residents are told they have cancer of the colon or the rectum. More than half of these patients have the disease spread, or metastasize, to their liver, but often the disease spreads no further.Until very recently, this didn't make much difference: when the liver tumors were inoperable, or unable to be removed, no more than one in five patients responded to chemotherapy.ec. 29, 1999 (Atlanta) -- A new way to administer chemotherapy greatly improves survival among colorectal cancer patients whose disease has spread to the liver.