Common examination methods of rectal cancer

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During this period of time, my grandfather always felt bloated, and he was very painful when he urinated. These days, my grandfather didn't know why. He also had some blood in his stool. Later, he went to the hospital for a detailed examination, and the doctor diagnosed that he had rectal cancer. The doctor gave me treatment, symptoms have been alleviated, for rectal cancer commonly used examination method this problem? Now let's talk about the common examination methods of rectal cancer.

Common examination methods of rectal cancer

First: ultrasonography, intrarectal ultrasonography is a new diagnostic method to detect the invasion of rectal cancer and the degree of invasion of rectal wall. It has been used in clinic since 1983.

Second: magnetic resonance examination, some researchers said that for the invasion of rectal cancer, magnetic resonance examination (MRI) is more significant than CT. At the same time, compared with intracavitary ultrasound, the high cost of MRI is also an obstacle to its wide application.

Third: CT diagnosis, CT can not be used as a method of early diagnosis, but CT is of great significance to the staging of colon cancer, especially for the patients who can not be estimated to be operated directly, but may be resected after external radiotherapy or local intracavitary radiotherapy. CT is of great significance in the surgical evaluation of advanced rectal cancer and recurrent rectal cancer. It can directly observe the invasion of pelvic muscle (levator ani, obturator, caudal bone, piriform gluteus), bladder and prostate.

matters needing attention

In daily life, we should reasonably arrange our own diet, eat more vegetables, do not overeat, work, rest and daily life should be regular, do not stay up late, do not overdraw our body, regularly participate in physical examination, and seek medical treatment in time when finding abnormalities.