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Most Recent Colon and Rectal Cancer Articles:
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Surgery is the Basic and Best Treatment of Colon-rectum Cancer
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Ritu Choudhary
Colonoscopy is the best method to detect colon cancer. Here gastroentologist first introduces the colonoscope as far as possible, and then gradually visualizes the entire colonic mucosa. Once the cancer is diagnosed, the basic treatment of cancer of the colon rectum is surgery.
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Discussion on Preoperative Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Rectal Cancer
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Ritu Choudhary
These are guidelines for the treatment of rectal cancer after regional consultations.
Local recurrence after Radiotherapy:
After 5 years follow-up within the TME study a clear reduction in the number of local recurrences seen: for the entire patient population, there is a reduction of 11.4% in the TME only group to 5.8% in the RT group. This finding underscores the excellent results that can be
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Frequently Asked Question (FAQ's) of Colon Cancer
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Ritu Choudhary
[b]What is a cancer of the colon or rectum/
[/b]It is adenocarcinoma, developed at the expense of the epithelial glands. The macroscopic form is the most common ulcerative fungating tumor. It may be polypoid and sessile, or limited to part of an adenomatous polyp. The invasive forms are very rare.
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Additional Tests For Rectal Cancer
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Ritu Choudhary
What are the objectives of further investigations?
Additional tests have two main functions, first it confirm the diagnosis of rectal cancer; and second it determine whether cancerous cells have spread to areas near the rectum, particularly in the pelvis or in more remote locations, such as lung or liver.
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How Food Can Prevent Colon Cancer?
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Ritu Choudhary
Diet has a great influence on the risk of developing several cancers. Nothing better illustrates this relationship that the high incidence of colon cancer currently observed in industrialized countries. Indeed, it is now established that about 75% of colon cancers are directly related to feeding typical of industrialized societies.
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Rectal Cancer is a Malignant Tumor That Develops in the Digestive Tract
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Ritu Choudhary
What is colon and rectum? The colon and rectum form the large intestine, that is to say the last part of the digestive tract. Food is digested in the stomach and small intestine. Here the nutrients are extracted as required for the operation of human body. Food wastes (soil waste unusable by the body) are then transmitted to the colon in liquid form.
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Methods For Reducing the Risk of Colon Cancer
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Ritu Choudhary
Cancer can also be found in colons. In fact, as per the reports, it has been observed that colon cancer is one of the most curable forms of the disease. With the increasing number of cases in colon cancer, the survival rates are also seen to be increasing.
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Predict Recurrence of Colon Cancer
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Ritu Choudhary
Colon cancer is one of the most fatal forms of all disease known to mankind. People who have witnessed or experienced the wrath of colon cancer will know why we use the word fatal to describe this disease. The worst factor of colon cancer is its possibility to grow malignant after getting cure once. Colon cancer has a very high rate of becoming malignant after few years of treatment.
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Risk Factors of Colorectal Cancer
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Ritu Choudhary
Approximately 25% of colorectal cancers exist among patient with a family history of colorectal cancer. Those who have more than one parent or sibling are suffering from this disease are at high risk. The chance of colorectal cancer increases if relative was detected with colorectal cancer before 60 years of age. Inherited genetic abnormality may also lead to this cancer in 5 - 10% of patients.
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How to Treat Colon- Rectal Cancer
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Ritu Choudhary
The best treatment for stage zero colon/ rectal cancer is local excision or a simple polypectomy. In this process, if the tumour is too big and cannot be removed by excision, them resection or anastomosis will be opted. In case of stage 1, the similar process is adopted for treatment.
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Colon Cancer - Early Signs of Detection
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Ritu Choudhary
The early detection of the colon cancer or the rectal cancer is really very beneficial for the people as it ensures the maximum chances of the treatments that are given to the affected person. Cancer is really a very complicated disease, be it in any form. Thus, one must always keep his eyes open in order to make the signs noticeable as early as possible in order to cure it successfully.
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