Three common methods for treating colon cancer

Colon cancer is a common disease, and patients with colon cancer should seek treatment as soon as possible. What are the methods for treating colon cancer? Let the experts introduce them to you below, so that you can have a more comprehensive understanding of the methods for treating colon cancer , hoping to be able to help you.

1. 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. It can not only improve the patient's immune ability, but also cooperate with chemotherapy. This is a method of treating colon cancer.

2. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment

This method of treating colon cancer 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 Oldenlandia diffusa, Scutellaria barbata, Trichosanthes kirilowii, Solanum nigrum, etc. Ganoderma lucidum preparations can significantly improve the patient's immune function. Currently, there is only one Ganoderma lucidum medicine with a national medicine approval number on the market, "Shuangling Guben San". When using the medicine, both syndrome differentiation and disease differentiation can be taken into consideration, and medicines for clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting blood circulation, nourishing yin and blood, removing phlegm and dispersing nodules, and regulating the spleen and stomach can be added.

3. 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 large, 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 the medication, attention must be paid to supportive treatment, and drugs that reduce side effects must be used. This is also a method for treating colon cancer.

To sum up, this is some relevant knowledge about the treatment of colon cancer. After reading the above simple introduction, you must have a lot of feelings. I hope you can get treatment as soon as possible. I wish you all good health.