Colonal cancer is not incurable
Colonal cancer is the most common cancer after lung cancer in men and breast cancer in women. Common symptoms of these cancers are anemia, blood in the stool, unexplained weight loss, abdominal pain, and in advanced stages, nausea and vomiting. Especially in cases of anemia that is not clearly explained after the age of 40, colon cancer should be considered and it should be clarified whether the anemia is due to colon cancer by checking for hidden blood in the stool and, if necessary, by performing a colonoscopy. It is a medical error to treat newly developed anemia at older ages with iron-containing pills without investigating the cause. It should be investigated whether anemia is related to stomach-colon cancer or other cancers.;
There have been radical changes in the treatment of colon cancer, especially in the last decade. It is now possible to get rid of this disease, which is not considered possible in advanced stages, even in the presence of liver and lung metastases. Surgical intervention plays the most important role both in removing the initial focus in the large intestine and in removing liver and lung metastases. Since the main function of the intestines is to carry digested foods to the liver and ensure their processing, and the blood circulation is therefore directed to the liver, the most common site of metastasis in colon cancers is the liver. Until the last 10-15 years, colon cancer that had spread to the liver was considered an incurable disease. However, it has been proven that removing the metastases of patients with liver metastases prolongs their life. Removal of lung metastases also prolongs the survival of patients. There have been major changes in treatment in recent years. Surgical removal of metastases has become standard practice in both liver metastases and lung metastases. The 5-year survival rate in patients who can undergo metastasectomy can exceed 40 percent. Methods such as chemoembolization, radio frequency, and ablation can also stop the progression of the tumor.
This does not change in the treatment of colon cancer with surgical intervention. While there have been changes, there have also been major changes in its treatment with chemotherapy. Colon cancer is now seen as a disease from which patients can fully recover and live a normal life, even in advanced stages. In cases where patients cannot fully recover, the disease becomes chronic and patients can live for years. Achieving these satisfactory results in patients depends on good doctor-patient communication and cooperation and harmonious work of different medical disciplines such as surgery, medical oncology, interventional radiology, radiation oncology and pathology. I would like to remind all colorectal cancer patients and their relatives that there is a possibility of cure in advanced stage colorectal cancers...;
Read: 0
