Posts Tagged ‘colon cancer treatment’
The most common treatment for colon cancer is surgery and the adjacent lymph nodes, the tumor, a small margin of the surrounding healthy bowel, are removed in the surgery. The long-term prognosis depend on whether the cancer has spread to other organs. Patients who’s cancer is limited to the superficial layer of the bowel wall, [...]
There are many ways you can reduce the need for colon cancer treatment, but what happens after you’ve had it? There are several possible side effects that can occur, depending on the type and length of your treatment. Here are just a few: A main treatment for colon cancer is radiation therapy. Side effects can [...]