Colo-Rectal Cancer

COLO-RECTAL CANCER TREATMENT OPTIONS₁

Stage 0 (Carcinoma in Situ) ₁

Treatment of stage 0 (carcinoma in situ) may include the following types of surgery:

* Local excision or simple polypectomy.
* Resection /anastomosis. This is done when the tumor is too large to remove by local excision.

Stage I Colon Cancer₁

Treatment of stage I colon cancer is usually resection /anastomosis.


Stage II Colon Cancer₁

Treatment of stage II colon cancer may include the following:

* Resection /anastomosis.
* Clinical trials of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or biologic therapy after surgery.

Stage III Colon Cancer₁

Treatment of stage III colon cancer may include the following:

* Resection /anastomosis with chemotherapy.
* Clinical trials of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and/or biologic therapy after surgery.

Stage IV and Recurrent Colon Cancer₁

Treatment of stage IV and recurrent colon cancer may include the following:

* Resection /anastomosis (surgery to remove the cancer or bypass the tumor and join the cut ends of the colon).
* Surgery to remove parts of other organs, such as the liver, lungs, and ovaries, where the cancer may have recurred or spread.
* Radiation therapy or chemotherapy may be offered to some patients as palliative therapy to relieve symptoms and improve quality of life.
* Clinical trials of chemotherapy and/or biologic therapy.

Treatment of locally recurrent colon cancer may be local excision.

Special treatments of cancer that has spread to or recurred in the liver may include the following:

* Chemotherapy followed by resection.
* Radiofrequency ablation or cryosurgery.
* Clinical trials of hepatic chemoembolization with radiation therapy.

Patients whose colon cancer spreads or recurs after initial treatment with chemotherapy may be offered further chemotherapy with a different drug or combination of drugs.

1.  http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/colon/Patient/page5

COLO-RECTAL CANCER RESOURCES
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