Is colon cancer metastasis to liver cancer contagious?

Is colorectal cancer metastasis to liver cancer contagious? Patients with colorectal cancer metastasis to liver cancer feel embarrassed and distressed by their cancer symptoms, which not only affects their social life, but also others are afraid of being infected, which adds a certain amount of psychological pressure to the patients. So is colorectal cancer metastasis to liver cancer really contagious?

Intestinal cancer refers to cancer between the dentate line and the junction of the rectum and sigmoid colon. It is one of the most common malignant tumors in the digestive tract. Intestinal cancer is located low and can be easily diagnosed by rectal examination and sigmoidoscopy. However, due to its deep location in the pelvic cavity and complex anatomical relationships, it is not easy to perform a thorough surgery, and the recurrence rate after surgery is high.

According to professional doctors, colorectal cancer liver metastasis is not contagious. Below, the author explains from several aspects that colorectal cancer liver metastasis is not contagious.

1. There is no contagious condition for colorectal cancer liver metastasis. According to the follow-up research of experts on colorectal cancer liver metastasis for many years, colorectal cancer refers to cancer between the dentate line and the junction of the rectum and sigmoid colon, but its cause has nothing to do with infectious factors such as bacteria, fungi, parasites, etc., and cancer cells are not contagious. It can be seen that there is no contagious condition for colorectal cancer liver metastasis.

Second, from clinical practice, it is observed that colorectal cancer liver metastasis is not contagious. Experts have followed up and investigated nearly a thousand patients, especially the couples of colorectal cancer liver metastasis patients, and no cases of transmission between couples have been found. Some patients with colorectal cancer liver metastasis have lived with their partners for more than 20 years without transmitting the disease to the other person, which fully proves that colorectal cancer liver metastasis is not contagious between people.

In addition, eliminating infection is not the fundamental solution, treatment is the only way. Surgical radical resection is currently the best treatment for colorectal cancer liver metastasis. The median survival of patients who can undergo resection is about 35 months, and the 5-year survival rate is about 30-50%. Interventional surgery is an important treatment for colorectal cancer liver metastasis. Interventional surgery combined with traditional Chinese medicine can also achieve relatively satisfactory results.

To sum up, colorectal cancer liver metastasis is not contagious, so patients do not have to avoid crowds out of inferiority complex. Non-patients should not make things worse, but should be encouraged and supported so that they can overcome the disease as soon as possible.