My 88 year old mother has the diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the colon. The gastroentrologist said he could not pass the scope passed the recal tumor. She is not in great shape and could not tolerate two surgeries and chemo so has elected to do nothing. She was in hospice but is now in a nursing home. She did have a CT scan and nothing was seen in her liver. I do not know the stage. We thought she was going to die when they took us to hospice but now seems to be doing well. What can we expect as to a time frame. Just want to know how to best deal and help her.

Summarized question: How to treat adenocarcinoma at an old age?