> if you find it at Stage I, you have much better odds than if you find it at Stage IV. Very true, however, Stage I cancer is still localized, Stage IV cancer

> if you find it at Stage I, you have much better odds than if you find it at Stage IV. Very true, however, Stage I cancer is still localized, Stage IV cancer has spread to other organs. To your point though, Lance Armstrong beat cancer after it had metastasized. He was an exception. He was in stellar condition. I doubt most folks would be able to endure what he could. For colon cancer, bleeding is sometimes unnoticed or written off as hemorrhoids, so it is ignored and given time to grow and spread. This, I believe, is the chief reason why it's so lethal (there are exceptions, of course). Colon cancer is curable if found early enough. Sharon Osbourne has been cancer free for 13 years only because she caught it early.