Drug therapy for patients with colon cancer

How to scientifically treat patients with colon cancer? Many people say that colon cancer is a cancer with a relatively high mortality rate, which is reasonable. After many people suffer from colon cancer, their behavior is restricted and their health is no longer good. Drug therapy for patients with colon cancer.

Chemotherapy

Patients after surgery can generally use 2 to 3 courses of chemotherapy within one to one and a half years. The commonly used drugs are mainly 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), which can also be combined with mitomycin, cyclophosphamide, etc. The total amount of 5-FU can be 7 to 10 grams per course. It can be administered orally or intravenously. It is best to add it to glucose solution and drip it, 250 mg each time, once a day or every other day. If the reaction is severe, such as nausea, loss of appetite, weakness, decreased white blood cell and platelet counts, etc., the dosage can be reduced each time, or the interval can be increased. The drug can be stopped in time when bone marrow suppression is obvious. The gastrointestinal reaction of oral administration is greater than that of intravenous administration, but the bone marrow suppression reaction is mild.

During medication, supportive treatment must be provided and drugs that reduce side effects must be used.

Chemotherapy for patients whose tumors cannot be removed can alleviate symptoms and control tumor growth, but the effect is poor and short-lived. If the patient is in poor general condition, the side effects are significant and the condition is aggravated. It is not suitable for patients with intestinal perforation, bleeding, severe anemia, impaired heart, liver, kidney and other organ functions, old and weak, low bone marrow function, white blood cell (WBC)

Immunotherapy

It can improve the patient's anti-tumor ability. It has developed rapidly in recent years. Interferon, interleukin, transfer factor, tumor necrosis factor, etc. have been gradually and widely used. They can not only improve the patient's immune ability, but also cooperate with chemotherapy.

Chinese medicine treatment

It can improve symptoms, enhance the body's disease resistance, and reduce the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Some Chinese medicines have direct anti-cancer effects, such as Hedyotis diffusa, Scutellaria barbata, Cigu, Solanum nigrum, etc. When taking medicine, both syndrome differentiation and disease differentiation can be considered, and medicines that can clear away heat and detoxify, promote blood circulation, nourish yin and blood, remove phlegm and disperse knots, and regulate the spleen and stomach can be added.

The above is the treatment method for patients with colon cancer, which everyone should know. Colon cancer is not a minor disease, and many people are no longer happy because of this disease. It is best for everyone to do a good job in preventing colon cancer in life.