For colon cancer, there are a few treatments for "colorectal" cancer or colon cancer. To cure the disease, your doctor will assess your overall health, stage of development of cancer and the most appropriate treatment. There are three types of methods, surgery, radiotherapy and systemic therapy (chemotherapy or targeted therapy).
Surgery is the surgeon to perform a procedure known as segmental resection or ", colectomy '. Cancer and a piece of a normal colon at both sides of cancer is removed, and the two ends are then sewn together again. In more severe cases, the entire colon removed. In some early colon cancers, polyps can be removed with a colonoscope. This allows the surgeon to avoid cutting into the abdomen. A 'colostomy' (words that end with the word '-Tomy "usually means amputation or cutting) may be required.' Colostomy 'is a surgical procedure that brings the end of the colon through the abdominal wall.
Radiation therapy is limited to the treatment of cancer of the rectum, and are often supplied prior to surgery in order to shrink tumors in order to allow a more complete resection of the tumor and to reduce the local recurrence of the tumor as well as to improve overall survival rates.
Systemic treatments consist of two types, chemotherapy and targeted therapy. Chemotherapy may be given shortly after surgery to destroy microscopic cancer cells to increase the overall chance of cure. It can also be given to shrink or control the growth of metastatic tumor deposits in stage 4 cancer (late). Recent advances in the understanding of how cancer cells grow and metastasize has led to the development of new drugs that specifically target cancer cells without causing undue harm to normal cells in the body). This new compound may be used alone or in combination with conventional chemotherapy.
Surgery is the surgeon to perform a procedure known as segmental resection or ", colectomy '. Cancer and a piece of a normal colon at both sides of cancer is removed, and the two ends are then sewn together again. In more severe cases, the entire colon removed. In some early colon cancers, polyps can be removed with a colonoscope. This allows the surgeon to avoid cutting into the abdomen. A 'colostomy' (words that end with the word '-Tomy "usually means amputation or cutting) may be required.' Colostomy 'is a surgical procedure that brings the end of the colon through the abdominal wall.
Radiation therapy is limited to the treatment of cancer of the rectum, and are often supplied prior to surgery in order to shrink tumors in order to allow a more complete resection of the tumor and to reduce the local recurrence of the tumor as well as to improve overall survival rates.
Systemic treatments consist of two types, chemotherapy and targeted therapy. Chemotherapy may be given shortly after surgery to destroy microscopic cancer cells to increase the overall chance of cure. It can also be given to shrink or control the growth of metastatic tumor deposits in stage 4 cancer (late). Recent advances in the understanding of how cancer cells grow and metastasize has led to the development of new drugs that specifically target cancer cells without causing undue harm to normal cells in the body). This new compound may be used alone or in combination with conventional chemotherapy.