What are the treatments for advanced rectal cancer with liver mets?
Advanced rectal cancer frequently spreads to the liver. Treatment for stage 4 rectal cancer with liver metastasis will depend on a number of factors and might include chemotherapy, radiation or surgery.SurgeryYou might undergo surgery if doctors believe they can remove all of the rectal and liver tumors completely. This is optimal when you only have a few liver growths.ChemotherapyChemotherapy might be given before or after surgery to remove the rectal and liver tumors. It can either shrink the tumors before surgery or get rid of any excess cancer cells that might remain after. If your metastases are confined to the liver, you might receive chemotherapy injections right into the liver rather than throughout the body.Radiation TherapyYou might receive radiation therapy—possibly in conjunction with chemotherapy– to the rectum and/or liver to shrink tumors before surgery. Doctors might also use it after surgery to kill any cells that might remain.Inoperable Tumors with No SymptomsIf do
