Can liver metastasis of rectal cancer be operated on

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If there is liver metastasis from rectal cancer, we need to treat it quickly. Surgery alone is no longer enough, and adjuvant chemotherapy is also needed. My uncle is also a patient with liver metastasis from rectal cancer. Let us know if this kind of situation can be treated surgically.

Can liver metastasis of rectal cancer be operated on

First of all, liver metastasis is also the most easily metastatic part of rectal cancer. The incidence rate is very high. The occurrence of liver metastases in rectal cancer indicates that it has reached the advanced stage of rectal cancer, and it is very difficult to treat. So after we find rectal cancer, we must treat it in time. After surgery, chemotherapy is needed.

Second: rectal cancer with early liver metastasis, there is no obvious symptoms, only a few patients can appear upper abdominal discomfort, liver discomfort or loss of appetite, with the development of symptoms, there will be ascites, edema, jaundice and other symptoms, there may be distant metastasis, radiotherapy also has a certain effect.

Finally: when we have liver metastases from rectal cancer, it is best to treat them by surgery. Most patients can recover smoothly after surgery. Surgical resection is to remove the lesions that can be seen by naked eyes, and to preserve the liver function as much as possible.

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Surgical treatment of rectal cancer also has certain defects, surgical treatment may not be completely removed, some small metastatic lesions are difficult to remove, so it is easy to cause complications, so it can be combined with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, in order to consolidate the treatment.