What Are the Treatments for Stage 4 Colon Cancer?
Colon cancer refers to cancer that originates in the colon. It often presents with rectal cancer and is called colorectal cancer. The most common type of colon cancer begins with an adenoma. In approximately 95 percent of cases, these adenomas (polyps) begin to grow in the lining of the colon and then spread to the center of the colon and/or the rectum. Colon cancer is usually slow growing, but when it becomes Stage IV, it is no longer curable because it has spread beyond the colon and rectum to distinct sites throughout the body.
