What is the difference between colon adenocarcinoma and colon cancer?

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We are very afraid of colon cancer and other cancers, and we know that colon cancer itself will bring different symptoms to patients. And it can be treated surgically. However, due to the fact that colon cancer itself has the characteristics of low tumor location, some colon cancer patients need to remove their anus after surgery, because they can not keep the anus, so the doctor will make a stoma for the patient, and then go to establish an artificial anus. Artificial anus brings great psychological pressure to patients.

What is the difference between colon adenocarcinoma and colon cancer?

Colon adenocarcinoma is a specific pathological type of colon cancer, the most common type of cancer. Other types of colon cancer include not only mucinous adenocarcinoma, but also undifferentiated carcinoma. Moreover, from the morphology, there are not only polypoid colon cancer, but also ulcerative colon cancer.

Colon adenocarcinoma and colon cancer are similar, not only has the characteristics of occult onset, but also is often found in the middle and late stage. Early colon adenocarcinoma will have fecal occult blood symptoms, and is positive, and then slowly gradually for bloody stool, and even dysentery like purulent bloody stool.

Patients with colon adenocarcinoma need not only surgery, but also chemotherapy. And the treatment of colon adenocarcinoma not only needs postoperative chemotherapy, but also needs a year or a year and a half to chemotherapy two or three times. So chemotherapy is an important therapy.

matters needing attention

Colon adenocarcinoma treatment needs to go to the regular hospital treatment, and casually give up treatment. Don't break the jar just because you are diagnosed with cancer. Patients with colon adenocarcinoma need not only surgery, but also chemotherapy.