How to treat recurrence of colorectal cancer

The serious malignant tumor disease of colorectal cancer has indeed made our patients suffer from pain and torture. Once colorectal cancer occurs, we must treat it as soon as possible and do not delay the treatment time. I hope that every colorectal cancer patient can get rid of the disease and get rid of the troubles as soon as possible. In order to help colorectal cancer patients, the editor will tell you what are the effective treatments for colorectal cancer?

Drug treatment is the most common and frequently used method in clinical treatment of diseases, so chemotherapy is used in the treatment of colorectal cancer. The main purpose of chemotherapy is to further prevent the spread of cancer cells, kill and eliminate cancer cells. Continuing chemotherapy after surgery may increase the five-year survival rate after radical surgery.

In addition, the principle of colorectal cancer treatment is to treat the patient according to the actual cause and symptoms of the disease, so symptomatic treatment is also one of the main methods of colorectal cancer treatment. If cancer metastasis is found, but the diseased intestinal curve can still be free, the colorectal cancer should be removed in principle to avoid intestinal obstruction in the future. For patients with extensive cancer metastasis, if the diseased intestinal segment can no longer be removed, palliative surgery such as fistula or shortcut should be performed.

Warm reminder: Colorectal cancer is not a minor disease, so it is difficult to treat. However, patients do not need to worry too much about it. It is not an incurable disease. As long as patients find it early, diagnose it early and treat it early, the condition can be greatly alleviated. With the continuous development and progress of medical technology, relatively good treatment results have been achieved in the treatment of colorectal cancer.

Surgical treatment: (1) The treatment of colon cancer is a comprehensive treatment plan with surgical resection as the main approach. Patients in stages I, II, and III often undergo radical resection plus regional lymph node dissection. The scope of radical resection and the surgical method are determined based on the location of the tumor. If patients in stage IV experience intestinal obstruction or severe intestinal bleeding, radical surgery is not performed for the time being. Palliative resection can be performed to relieve symptoms and improve the patient's quality of life.

(2) Surgery is the basis for radical treatment of rectal cancer. Rectal surgery is more difficult than colon surgery. Common surgical methods include: transanal resection (very early stage near the anal verge), total mesorectal excision, low anterior resection, and transabdominal anal sphincter and abdominoperineal resection. For stage II and III rectal cancer, radiation and chemotherapy are recommended before surgery to shrink the tumor and reduce the local tumor stage before radical surgery.