How to treat colon cancer

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Grandma has abdominal discomfort for a long time. Recently, she always has abdominal pain and bloody stool. After going to the hospital for examination, she found that she had colon cancer. So, how to treat colon cancer? Let's talk about it.

How to treat colon cancer

The first treatment is radiotherapy. Radiotherapy is usually an auxiliary means after surgery, so as to reduce the risk of cancer recurrence, and radiotherapy also plays an important role in the treatment of cancer.

Second, chemical therapy. Chemotherapy for colorectal cancer is mainly for patients who have undergone surgery. After radical resection of colorectal cancer, there are still 50% cases of recurrence and metastasis, mainly before surgery, no occult metastatic lesions were found, or the lesions were not completely removed during surgery. Before laparotomy, chemotherapy or enema can prevent the spread of cancer cells, kill and eliminate cancer cells.

Third, surgical treatment. Surgical treatment of colorectal cancer is the most important treatment method, generally in the early detection of colorectal cancer, take the way of resection of cancer treatment. In patients with cancer cell metastasis, the diseased intestines can not be resected, so palliative operation such as colostomy or shortcut should be performed. In addition to the commonly used surgical methods, there are also some kinds of surgery to choose from, such as posterior pelvic clearance, total pelvic clearance, transanal rectal tumor local resection, transabdominal sacral rectal resection, and sacrococcygeal rectal tumor local resection.

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Colon cancer is a serious disease. After getting sick, we must treat it timely and reasonably. The choice of treatment methods should also be based on our own condition, especially under the guidance of doctors.