Question

colon cancer treatment

Answer 1

Surgery:
Colectomy (surgical removal of the diseased section of colon with a clear non-affected margin) followed by colostomy or colectomy followed by colo-colic or colo-rectal anastomosis according to the position of the tumor and extent of area affected.
Regional Lymphadenectomy.
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Adjuvant:
chemotherapy, radiotherapy or immuno-therapy.

Answer 2

the short answer is either doing surgery or chemotherapy, sometimes both, sometimes one before the other, or none if the patient wishes.

Answer 3

Colon cancer is indisputably linked to what people eat. Watch this.

http://www.ted.com/talks/william_li.html

Answer 4

As far as chemotherapy is concerned- current trend is to administer a regimen called FOLFOX/ FOLFIRI
FOL= Folinic acid
F- Fluorouracil
OX- OXaloplatin IRI- Irinotecan