How long can a person with mid- to late-stage colorectal cancer usually live?

How long can a person with colorectal cancer live in the middle and late stages? Many patients know that colorectal cancer is a disease with a high mortality rate. When the disease reaches the late stage, the effect of treatment is not particularly obvious. Many patients are very concerned about how long they can live in the late stage of colorectal cancer. In fact, there is no accurate answer to this question. Everyone should face the disease positively.

The main clinical treatments for advanced colorectal cancer include chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and biological therapy. Arterial chemotherapy is the main chemotherapy method for advanced colorectal cancer, which can shrink the tumor to a certain extent, but it will also increase toxicity and side effects as the treatment time increases. Therefore, chemotherapy drugs and chemotherapy time should be determined based on tumor relief, symptom relief, and treatment-related toxicity.

Radiotherapy is also one of the most commonly used treatments for advanced colorectal cancer. It can shrink tumors and improve symptoms. It is usually used in combination with chemotherapy, and the effect is better than radiotherapy alone or chemotherapy alone. However, radiotherapy is very harmful to the body and should be used with caution in patients with advanced colorectal cancer who have poor physical function. In addition, in view of the toxic and side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy on the human body, traditional Chinese medicine can be combined with treatment in the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer to enhance efficacy and reduce toxicity. It can be used in conjunction with chemotherapy to reduce toxic side effects and achieve good results.

Treatment methods such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy can reduce the tumor cell load locally or systemically and are effective quickly, but they cannot eradicate tumor cell tissue and have great systemic toxic side effects. They are very likely to cause symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite and hair loss, which can damage the body's immune function, aggravate the patient's condition, and have an adverse effect on the patient's later treatment. The treatment of colorectal cancer requires finding a more active and effective method.

At present, the incidence of colorectal cancer is very high, so we cannot ignore the prevention measures of the disease. To prevent the disease, we should pay more attention to the details of our life. If we find changes around us, we should go to the hospital for diagnosis as soon as possible, and do not let our neglect cause the disease to worsen.