The best hospital for colorectal cancer treatment

Colorectal cancer can usually be treated at a local tertiary hospital or a cancer hospital. Generally, regular or tertiary public hospitals are fine. The ranking of the hospital is not important, but it also depends on your actual situation. Don't go far to see a doctor just for the quality of the hospital. The general treatment methods for colorectal cancer are as follows:

1. Surgical treatment: It is the most effective method to cure colorectal cancer and anal cancer. Patients who are suitable for surgery should undergo surgical resection as soon as possible.

2. Chemotherapy: After radical surgery for colorectal cancer, 50% of cases still have recurrence and metastasis, so preoperative and postoperative chemotherapy may increase the 5-year survival rate after radical surgery. Fluorouracil is the first choice of anticancer drugs, followed by mitomycin and doxorubicin.

3. Radiotherapy: Preoperative radiotherapy can shrink the tumor and increase the resection rate, while postoperative radiotherapy can kill the remaining tumor cells. Radiotherapy alone is only used in advanced colorectal cancer cases and has the effects of hemostasis, analgesia, and prolonging survival.

4. Endoscopic treatment: For early mucosal cancer, endoscopic resection can be performed. For advanced tumors, stents can be placed under endoscopy to prevent stenosis and obstruction.

5. Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine: It can be used as auxiliary and supportive treatment. For example, ginsenoside Rh2 (life-protecting factor), a ginseng essence extract with a content of about 16%, can improve symptoms. It is the choice of many colorectal cancer patients, can prolong survival, and give patients more treatment opportunities.

How long a person with colorectal cancer can live depends on the patient's physical condition. If the patient has good physical function and strong immunity, he or she can resist the development of cancer and tolerate various drug treatments. Therefore, it is very important for patients with colorectal cancer, especially those in the middle and late stages of colorectal cancer, to improve their immune system and enhance their resistance to tumors.