What are the treatments for colon cancer?

The most important thing in treating any malignant tumor is to get timely treatment, which plays a vital role in the treatment of malignant tumors. The same is true for the treatment of colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is a common disease in our lives today and causes great damage to the patient's body. The following are some treatment measures for colorectal cancer:

The symptoms of colorectal cancer are not obvious at the beginning. Patients generally experience changes in bowel habits, mainly increased bowel movements and a feeling of urgency, that is, the desire to defecate after defecation. Some patients also have bloody or mucous stools. Careful people will find that the stools become thinner or often unformed. In the later stages, defecation may become difficult and there may be signs of chronic consumption such as weight loss, fatigue, and anemia. In some cases, symptoms of obstruction may occur before seeking medical attention.

In fact, it is not difficult to diagnose colorectal cancer. Generally, a rectal examination is performed first. As long as you pay attention, you will usually feel irregular tumors in the rectum. Auxiliary examinations often include barium anal irrigation and colonoscopy. If conditions permit, a biopsy can be performed to clarify the nature and type of the tumor. So, how should colorectal cancer be treated?

How is bowel cancer treated?

The treatment of colorectal cancer is a comprehensive treatment with surgery as the main method. The specific method of surgery is determined based on the results of pathological examination and imaging examination, and the patient and family members are informed that a fistula may be required, which is commonly known as diversion. This will cause great pressure on the patient's daily life and psychology. The patient should be fully informed of the reasons for doing so, the method of surgery, and the daily care after surgery, in order to gain the understanding and cooperation of the patient and family members, and to minimize the pain caused to the patient by the diversion.

Since you will need to stay in bed and fast after the operation, you should quit smoking before the operation and practice urinating in bed to reduce the inconvenience caused by staying in bed after the operation.

Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are divided into adjuvant therapy and neoadjuvant therapy. Neoadjuvant therapy is actually preoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and the concept of adjuvant therapy is postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Currently, for colorectal cancer, patients with tumors infiltrating the muscular layer or positive lymph nodes are recommended to undergo neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy before surgery. The current trend is to advocate simultaneous radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy can cause some damage to normal cells or organs in the human body in clinical practice, such as digestive tract reactions, damage to liver and kidney function, and damage to the hematopoietic system. These indicators should be checked frequently during treatment, and if obvious abnormalities are found, they should be discontinued in time.

As for other treatment methods, such as traditional Chinese medicine treatment, immunotherapy, etc., they can also be used as auxiliary.

The specific causes of colorectal cancer are still not very clear, but in fact, we need to pay attention to several possible key causes. For example, rectal polyps are a disease that can transform into colorectal cancer. In addition, long-term dietary abnormalities may also be one of the causes of colorectal cancer.