You'll want to work with a doctor who specializes in treating stage IV colon cancer. You can also ask for asecond opinionso you feel confident that you understand your situation and options. After Your Treatment Your doctor will treat your colon cancer with surgery,chemotherapy,targeted therapies...
Background: The role of primary tumor resection (PTR) for asymptomatic stage IV colon cancer with unresectable metastases remains unclear. Increasingly there has been a trend away from resection. The aim of this study was to examine trends in the treatment of stage IV colon cancers, impact of ...
A case is presented in which oral DCA therapy resulted in tumour stabilization of stage 4 colon cancer in a 57 years old female for a period of nearly 4 years, with no serious toxicity. Since the natural history of stage 4 colon cancer consists of steady progression leading to disability ...
Your doctor will use tests to diagnose and learn the stage of yourcolon cancer. The stage tells whether it has spread and how far. Stage IV means your disease has traveled beyond your colon. You could have cancer cells in your liver, lungs, or other organs. Knowing where it has spread ...
Terminal colon cancer: when all hope seemed lost I am a 42 year old male and was diagnosed with colon cancer in May 2004. I went thesurgery, chemo and radiationroute and almost said goodbye to everybody. There was no hope left by September 2004, I was very fatigued, by then bleeding ...
The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Surveillance and Survivorship Care of Patients After Curative Treatment of Colon and Rectal Cancer. Dis. Colon. Rectum 2021, 64, 517–533. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] Dresen, R.C.; Gosens, M.J.; Martijn...
In my search for alternative treatments, Whole Body Hyperthermia caught my attention at a very early stage. The theory behind the treatment is that cancer cells do not tolerate heat very well and when the body temperature is raised to 41.5 degrees or above, this can actually kill the cancer ...
Estimates the cost-effectiveness of combined levamisole and fluorouracil as adjuvant treatment for patients with stage three colon cancer. Calculations on the cost of treatment; Negligible effect of quality-of-life adjustments on the cost-effectiveness outcome; Recommendation for adjuvant therapy as a cos...
FOLFOX4 in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer in elderly patients: A prospective study Elderly patients constitute a subpopulation with special characteristics that differ from those of the general population and have been under-represented i... M Berretta,A Cappellani,F Fiorica,... - ...
The management of stage IV colorectal cancer with liver metastases has historically involved a multidisciplinary approach. In the last several decades, there have been great strides made in the therapeutic options available to treat these patients with a