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- Title
Symptoms of colon cancer.
- Authors
Untescu, Gina; Rica, Mihaela
- Abstract
Chemotherapy is obviously a good treatment for oncological conditions, but first of all you need to know the type of cancer that affected your body. If you could recognize early signs and symptoms of colon cancer, you could treat the disease in its early stages. Early symptoms of cancer are not obvious in one-third of colon cancer patients. Signs of this condition are easy to understand and discover if you are informed about some details of the symptoms associated with colon cancer. Colon cancer affects the digestive system. Bleeding is the most common symptom in both men and women. Local signs of colon cancer include: problems with constipation, diarrhea, abnormal stools, dark or light red coloured blood present in the stools, painful bloating. Systemic signs of colon cancer are: involuntary weight loss, low appetite, signs of unexplained fatigue or exhaustion, nausea or vomiting, anaemia, yellow colouring of skin and mucous membranes. Treatment of colon cancer: the treatment for colon cancer usually involves surgery, followed in some cases by chemotherapy. Treatment options for colon cancer: surgery is the first option for most cases of colon cancer. Colostomy can be performed when the distal intestine has been surgically removed or when it is impossible for stools to pass through the colon. Colostomy may be temporary as in case of an inflammation or permanent if a major portion of the large intestine has been removed. Radiation therapy is not an option in colon cancer. Local radiation therapy is indicated in the initial stages of colorectal cancer to prevent relapse. Radiation therapy does not increase the patient's chances of survival if colon cancer is in an advanced stage. Chemotherapy can be used if the cancer is advanced or metastatic, or is detected in lymph nodes. The most common location of metastasis is in the liver.
- Subjects
COLON cancer diagnosis; CANCER chemotherapy; COLON cancer treatment
- Publication
Oncolog-Hematolog, 2017, Issue 39, p58
- ISSN
2066-8716
- Publication type
Abstract