Elderly patients with colorectal cancer need more comprehensive treatment and care

Although there is no obvious age classification for colorectal cancer, the elderly need to pay more attention to the treatment and care of colorectal cancer. Because of their own physical reasons and psychological cognition, colorectal cancer treatment in the elderly is more difficult than that in young people.

In terms of clinical manifestations, due to the slower response of the elderly to pain and some special pathological features, the proportion of patients seeking medical treatment for abdominal pain is significantly lower, while the proportion of patients seeking medical treatment for abdominal mass is relatively higher, especially for patients with colorectal cancer, most of whom present with this as the main complaint. The simple factor of advanced age is not a contraindication for surgery. Even for patients with mild heart and lung diseases, the surgery should be safe as long as they have good perioperative management before the surgery and good anesthesia cooperation during the surgery.

Due to the life expectancy of elderly patients, the limitations of the body's tolerance to surgery, and the relatively good biological characteristics of anorectal cancer in the elderly, the choice of surgery should be based on not causing too much damage to the body. Since many clinical understandings of elderly colorectal cancer still need to be further accumulated, while emphasizing the benefits of surgical treatment to patients, the role of chemotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine treatment should also be affirmed. From experience, the clinical course of elderly colorectal cancer develops relatively slowly, and chemotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine treatment are helpful in improving clinical symptoms, delaying disease progression, and improving quality of life.

The above are the common difficulties faced by elderly patients with colorectal cancer during the treatment process. We hope that elderly patients can actively overcome physical and psychological factors, actively cooperate with the treatment of colorectal cancer, and effectively improve their health status.

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