Ways to Save. Having this surgery performed at a hospital with an overnight stay will usually be the most expensive option. Discuss with your physician if this surgery can be performed as an outpatient procedure (no overnight stay).
1 Left untreated, these cancers grow and eventually spread through the colon wall to involve the adjacent lymph nodes and organs. Ultimately, they spread to distant organs such as the liver, lungs, brain, and bones.  Cancers are dangerous because of their unbridled growth and potential for spread.
Cancer begins when a cell begins dividing uncontrollably. Eventually these cells form a visible mass or tumor. This initial tumor is called the primary tumor. Cells from the primary tumor can break off and lodge elsewhere in the body where they then grow into secondary tumors. This process is called metastasis and a cancer which has spread to other organs is called metastatic.. When cancer spreads to another organ, the type of cancer remains the type of the primary tumor. Thus cancer that started in the colon and spread to the liver is still colon cancer. It is not liver cancer.