Must colon cancer be treated with chemotherapy after operation

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Do you need chemotherapy after colon cancer surgery? Grandma is 71 years old. She has done colon cancer surgery for more than a month. There are 12 tumors in the removed colon. Let's know if chemotherapy is necessary after colon cancer surgery.

Must colon cancer be treated with chemotherapy after operation

First: surgical resection is the main treatment for patients with early colon cancer, which is also the only method that can completely cure at present. However, it should be noted that postoperative adjuvant treatment and the application of health care measures must be paid attention to, which has a great impact on the prognosis.

Second: Although surgery is the main treatment for early colon cancer, at present, the treatment of colon cancer is generally based on comprehensive treatment, the most common situation is preoperative radiotherapy, or chemotherapy, of course, postoperative may also be applied to these two treatment measures.

Third: we need to know that if we only rely on surgical resection, the recurrence rate of colon cancer after operation is very high. Clinical data show that the recurrence rate of patients can reach about half. Therefore, patients in advanced stage and after surgical resection need to receive chemotherapy.

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Third: we need to know that if we only rely on surgical resection, the recurrence rate of colon cancer after operation is very high. Clinical data show that the recurrence rate of patients can reach about half. Therefore, patients in advanced stage and after surgical resection need to receive chemotherapy. It can be said that chemotherapy in the comprehensive treatment of colon cancer is an important treatment besides surgical treatment. In other words, almost all patients with colon cancer need to receive chemotherapy.