Rectal cancer treatment requires "poverty and particularity"

The incidence of rectal cancer has been on the rise in recent decades, and surgical resection is still the main treatment. However, the goal of treatment has evolved from a single pursuit of radical cure to achieving both radical cure and ensuring a satisfactory quality of life. Surgeons have made a lot of efforts to this end. Let's learn about it together today.

So far, the anal preservation rate after rectal cancer surgery has reached about 90%. However, there are still many patients who are far from reaching the above level in terms of treatment. This is due to factors from both the doctor and the patient. The following is some knowledge about seeking medical treatment and choosing a doctor for patients' reference.

Most patients with rectal cancer have generally experienced a stage where they were misdiagnosed as having hemorrhoids, and this misdiagnosis is often caused by the patient's "self-diagnosis". Therefore, strengthening public health education and encouraging patients to seek medical treatment as early as possible is a strategic means to cure rectal cancer, increase the anus preservation rate, and prevent the recurrence of rectal cancer. Early patients can achieve the goal of radical cure by simply undergoing local excision surgery.

One of the reasons why the anus preservation rate of patients with rectal cancer, especially low-position rectal cancer, was low was because the anastomosis was deep and difficult to operate, making it difficult to complete the low-position anastomosis. Recently, the use of stapler technology has made the anastomosis operation quick and convenient, so that some patients whose tumors are 4 cm away from the anus have the opportunity to preserve the anus without sacrificing radicality. The high price of staplers is often difficult for patients to accept, but if measured by the cost of sacrificing the anus, it is acceptable to spend more money on the use of staplers. After all, the quality of life of patients after anus preservation surgery is much higher.

To achieve radical resection of the tumor and preserve the anus, the doctor's judgment and surgical technique are extremely important factors. Patients should choose appropriate specialists for treatment, such as gastrointestinal surgery and oncology specialists in general hospitals. Sometimes it may be more important to choose a more well-known doctor. In order to receive more reasonable treatment, it is absolutely necessary to understand the doctor's technical level before hospitalization. The advantage of choosing a good hospital and doctor is that you can get the maximum anus preservation rate, the lowest recurrence rate and the highest cure rate.

How to evaluate the methods and value of comprehensive treatment is another issue that patients and their families are concerned about. It is now believed that patients with early-stage rectal cancer generally do not need other treatments after surgical resection. For mid- and late-stage cases, chemotherapy can reduce the recurrence rate by about 30%. The recommended chemotherapy regimen for rectal cancer is 5-Fu + calcium tetrahydrofolate or 5-Fu + calcium tetrahydrofolate + oxalate platinum. The new drug Capetop is helpful in prolonging the survival of patients with advanced rectal cancer. Radiotherapy is mostly used for patients with rectal cancer. If the rectal cancer is in the late stage and the cancer tissue is widely infiltrated, preoperative radiotherapy can shrink the lesion and facilitate resection; if it is suspected that the surgical resection is not thorough enough, postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy can be used. Other methods such as biological therapy (including gene therapy, immunotherapy), etc., have a low overall effective rate. They can play a certain role when combined with chemotherapy, but they are often expensive and have poor cost-effectiveness. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment has not yet achieved a qualitative leap. At present, the efficacy of using traditional Chinese medicine alone to treat tumors is not very good. Traditional Chinese medicine is mainly used to reduce the toxic and side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy and improve the quality of life of patients. The incidence of rectal cancer has been on the rise in recent decades, and surgical resection is still the main treatment. However, the goal of treatment has evolved from a single pursuit of radical cure to both achieving radical cure and ensuring a satisfactory quality of life. Surgeons have made a lot of efforts to this end. So far, the anus preservation rate after rectal cancer surgery has reached about 90%. However, there are still many patients who are far from reaching the above level in treatment, which is due to both medical and patient factors. The following is some knowledge about medical treatment and doctor selection for patients' reference.

One of the reasons why the anus preservation rate of patients with rectal cancer, especially low-position rectal cancer, was low was because the anastomosis was deep and difficult to operate, making it difficult to complete the low-position anastomosis. Recently, the use of stapler technology has made the anastomosis operation quick and convenient, so that some patients whose tumors are 4 cm away from the anus have the opportunity to preserve the anus without sacrificing radicality. The high price of staplers is often difficult for patients to accept, but if measured by the cost of sacrificing the anus, it is acceptable to spend more money on the use of staplers. After all, the quality of life of patients after anus preservation surgery is much higher.

To achieve radical resection of the tumor and preserve the anus, the doctor's judgment and surgical technique are extremely important factors. Patients should choose appropriate specialists for treatment, such as gastrointestinal surgery and oncology specialists in general hospitals. Sometimes it may be more important to choose a more well-known doctor. In order to receive more reasonable treatment, it is absolutely necessary to understand the doctor's technical level before hospitalization. The advantage of choosing a good hospital and doctor is that you can get the maximum anus preservation rate, the lowest recurrence rate and the highest cure rate.

How to evaluate the methods and value of comprehensive treatment is another issue that patients and their families are concerned about. It is now believed that patients with early-stage rectal cancer generally do not need other treatments after surgical resection. For mid- and late-stage cases, chemotherapy can reduce the recurrence rate by about 30%. The recommended chemotherapy regimen for rectal cancer is 5-Fu + calcium tetrahydrofolate or 5-Fu + calcium tetrahydrofolate + oxaloplatin. The new drug Capetop is helpful in prolonging the survival of patients with advanced rectal cancer. Radiotherapy is mostly used for patients with rectal cancer. If the rectal cancer is in the late stage and the cancer tissue is widely infiltrated, preoperative radiotherapy can shrink the lesion and facilitate resection; if it is suspected that the surgical resection is not thorough enough, postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy can be used. Other methods such as biological therapy (including gene therapy, immunotherapy), etc., have a low overall effective rate. They can play a certain role when used in combination with chemotherapy, but they are often expensive and have a poor cost-effectiveness.

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment has not yet achieved a qualitative leap, and the current efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine alone in treating tumors is not very good. Traditional Chinese medicine is mainly used to reduce the toxic side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy and improve the quality of life of patients. The above is the knowledge we answered for you today about rectal cancer. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. If you have any other needs, you can also consult our online consulting experts at Feihua Health Network. We are always by your side to care about your health problems! Feihua Health Network wishes you good health!

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