How about radiotherapy for colon cancer

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My grandmother had intestinal leakage after the second operation for advanced colon cancer, and the wound was infected. She changed the medicine twice a day, but it didn't get better. The liquid flowing out of the wound can soak two centimeters of soft sand cloth, and the liquid infused every day is 3200 to 3500ml. Now let's talk about the radiation treatment of colon cancer.

How about radiotherapy for colon cancer

First of all, it is generally believed that preoperative radiotherapy can improve the survival rate by 10% - 15%, and reduce the local recurrence rate by 10% - 15%. Preoperative radiotherapy can prevent the spread of cancer cells during operation, reduce local and pelvic implants, reduce tumor volume, expand the indications of operation, relax cancer adhesion, and improve the resection rate.

Secondly, intraoperative radiotherapy can further kill the residual tumor cells, reduce the local recurrence rate, improve the survival rate and reduce the radiation damage of normal tissues.

Finally: postoperative radiotherapy: postoperative radiotherapy is adjuvant radiotherapy, which is an important supplementary treatment for surgical treatment.

matters needing attention

Application scope of radiotherapy: radiotherapy is required for patients with stage IB or above. But the side effects of radiotherapy are great: intestinal mucosal damage, neutropenia, radiation fibrosis, intestinal adhesion, pain and so on often appear after radiotherapy. Therefore, during radiotherapy, adaptation combined with adjuvant therapy of traditional Chinese medicine can achieve the effect of efficiency and toxicity reduction.