What examination items are needed for rectal cancer

Rectal cancer is a common digestive tract disease. The incidence of this disease is increasing year by year, which has caused many friends to suffer from the disease. Therefore, everyone must pay attention to the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. If you want to effectively treat the disease, the first step is to check the disease. So what kind of examination items are needed for rectal cancer? Regarding this issue, let’s take a closer look.

Pathological examination. This is the main basis for the diagnosis of rectal cancer. Rectal cancer surgery often involves diversion issues, which affects the patient's quality of life. In order to avoid misdiagnosis and mistreatment, treatment must be guided by pathological examination results before or during surgery, and the anus should never be removed lightly.

Carcinoembryonic antigen measurement. It is generally believed that carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is of great value in evaluating the treatment effect and prognosis of rectal cancer. Continuous measurement of serum CEA can be used to observe the effect of surgery or chemotherapy. If CEA decreases significantly after surgery or chemotherapy, it means that the treatment effect is good; if the surgery does not reverse, serum CEA often maintains a high level; and after surgery, CEA drops to normal but then increases again, which often indicates tumor recurrence.

Ultrasound examination. Patients with rectal tumors can undergo further intrarectal ultrasound examination, which is a non-invasive examination developed in recent years. Its advantage is that it can determine the depth and range of rectal cancer invasion, and it also has a certain value in determining whether there is lymph node metastasis. Liver ultrasound is particularly important to prevent missed diagnosis of rectal cancer liver metastasis.

The above introduces the examination method for rectal cancer. Although the harm of rectal cancer is very great, through active treatment, the condition of many patients has been well controlled. Therefore, everyone should not lose confidence in treating the disease. During the treatment process, as long as everyone can pay attention to examination and actively treat, the development of the disease can be curbed.