Can I have a baby if I have colon cancer?

Can you have a baby if you have colorectal cancer? Once a malignant tumor like colorectal cancer occurs, it will seriously affect the patient's health. For colorectal cancer, we must pay attention to scientific treatment and care, so that the disease can be relieved and cured earlier. The following editor will talk about whether patients with colorectal cancer can get pregnant?

So can I have children if I have colon cancer?

Most young female colorectal cancer patients hope to become mothers, but colorectal cancer patients should not become pregnant before they are cured. Pregnancy will affect the patient's nutrition and physical strength. If the patient still needs intermittent maintenance treatment, chemotherapy drugs have cytotoxic effects on the fetus, causing fetal malformation, miscarriage, and premature birth.

If it has been more than 5 years since the colorectal cancer surgery, and no recurrence or metastasis has been found through various examinations, and the patient has a strong desire to have children, whether she can get pregnant should be decided by oncology and gynecology experts after consultation. If it does not affect her health and she is able to get pregnant, she can consider getting pregnant. However, it is generally better not to get pregnant to avoid disrupting the balance of the endocrine system in the body and disturbing the patient's health.

Who is prone to colon cancer?

1. The occurrence of colorectal cancer is closely related to the region. This is because different regions have different eating habits, which leads to different incidence rates of colorectal cancer. The incidence rates in North America, Europe and Australia are high, while the incidence rates in Japan are low. In my country, the incidence rates of colorectal cancer are relatively high in the areas south of the Yangtze River.

2. Family factors play a more obvious role among colorectal cancer patients. The chance of family members of colorectal cancer patients is more than 3 times higher than that of the general population. Genetic factors cannot be ignored in the incidence of colorectal cancer.

3. Some other cancer patients are also prone to colorectal cancer after treatment. For example, patients who have undergone breast cancer surgery are prone to colorectal cancer. The incidence of colorectal cancer in some people who have received pelvic radiotherapy is 4 times higher than that of the general population.

4. Patients with chronic anorectal diseases are also prone to colorectal cancer. The chance of detecting colorectal cancer in people with anorectal diseases is 48 times higher than that of the general population. More than 1/3 of colorectal tumors will appear in other parts of the body after the removal of colorectal adenomas.

Through the above editor’s description, we can understand that patients with colorectal cancer cannot become pregnant, because if patients with colorectal cancer become pregnant, it will not only affect the fetus, but also have many health effects on themselves. I hope that patients with colorectal cancer can receive correct treatment and care when they are sick and recover as soon as possible.