How Do You Explore Chemotherapy For Colon Cancer Treatment?
Surgery is the most common treatment for colon cancer, which arises in the lining of the colon. In severe cases, where there is a risk the cancer may return or has spread, chemotherapy may be used in conjunction with the surgery. Chemotherapy kills cancer cells left behind by surgery and controls tumor growth before surgery. Get the facts on colon cancer. More than 150,000 new cases of colon cancer are diagnosed each year, and 60 percent of those are diagnosed after the cancer has already started to spread to other organs. If you are over the age of 50 or have a family history of cancer, you should have a colonoscopy every three to five years. The earlier the cancer is detected, the less likely treatment will require chemotherapy. Learn more about the kinds of chemotherapy drugs used to treat colon cancer at WebMD’s Guide to Colorectal Cancer (see Resources below). The most common is 5-Fluorouracil, or 5-FU, though new drugs have been developed. Consider neoadjuvant chemotherapy, which
