Treatment measures have also come a long way for more advanced cases of colon cancer. According to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, the average survival rate for stage 4 colon cancer is around 30 months. This is up from the 6 to 8 months that was the average during the...
After your blood tests come back, your doctor will stage your cancer. Staging takes into account the depth of the tumor in the colon, and whether the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes or to other organs, such as the liver or lungs. A preliminary staging workup is done after diagnosis...
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Chemotherapyinvolves the use of anticancer drugs to shrink/kill cancer cells. The drugs enter the bloodstream and therefore goes around the body. It is commonly prescribed for advanced (stage 3 or 4) cancers to control the cancer and occasionally stage 2 colon cancer after surgery to decreas...
Inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer A less desirable objective is the diagnosis of cancer at an early curable stage. Patients must be well informed about their risk for cancer, the ... Bernard,Levin,D M. - 《Cancer》 被引量: 338发表: 1992年 ...
I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon Cancer. Surgery was necessary but I refused all other treatment, much to the disgust of the highly paid oncolgist.
Stage II – The cancer has spread into the muscle layer of the rectum or colon. Stage III – The cancer has spread to at least one lymph node in the area. Stage IV – The cancer has spread to distant sites in the body, such as the bones, liver, or lungs. This stage is NOT depe...
Surgery is the only curative modality for localized colon cancer (stage I-III). Surgical resection potentially provides the only curative option for patients with limited metastatic disease in liver and/or lung (stage IV disease). Surgical options include the following: Right hemicolectomy: For lesi...
Mado K, Ishii Y, Mazaki T, Ushio M, Masuda H, Takayama T. A case of bone metastasis of colon cancer that markedly responded to S-1/CPT-11 combination chemotherapy and became curable by resection. World J Surg Oncol. (2006) 4:3. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-4-3...
Clinical experience with local excision and postoperative radiation therapy for rectal cancer The standard surgical treatment for patients with potentially curable transmural and/or node-positive rectal cancer is a low anterior resection or abdomino... BD Minsky - 《Diseases of the Colon & Rectum》 ...