John McVie

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Originally Posted by michelej1

The bad perceptions we have of liver cancer only apply if it's not caught in the early stages. If it is, that's rare, BUT in John's case, we have to assume he passed a pre-tour medical examination just this year. So, that's reason to hope that nothing was at an advanced stage then and that it's really true it was caught early on.

Michele

I could be wrong, but I don't think a standard Physical and History battery would detect something like colon/liver cancer, unless there were specific tests performed due to symptoms. What troubles me (assuming the tweet is accurate) is the fact that the cancer has spread to the liver, which means that it really wasn't caught at its earliest stages. The big question is whether there is lymph node involvement or other sites of metastases, which makes the prognosis significantly cloudier. I suppose the best we could hope for is that they have caught everything in surgery and that radiation and chemo post-surgery would help to eradicate any residual lesions. And I hope John doesn't have to wear a colostomy for the rest of his life.