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Colon Cancer Early Symptoms

            Colon cancer is also known as colorectal cancer. The colon is a part of the digestive tract, and it is the area where waste material after digestion is stored to be excreted out of the body through the rectum. Usually when a person has colon cancer, malignant tumors develop in inner walls of the colon.More...

Latest Treatments For Colon Cancer

Cancer which was once regarded as an incurable disease has found inventions in the field of science proving this theory wrong. In the year 2011, almost 106,000 people have been diagnosed with colon cancer. When detected in the earlier stages, colon cancer can be treated using surgeries and therapies which are more effective, less painful and which generate lesser side effects. The time for recovery from cancer has been reduced and the entire process is now easier. More...

Alternative Treatments For Colon Cancer

Colorectal caner refers to colon or rectum getting affected by cancer. Early detection using screening techniques will enable treatment and cure from this disease. Usually colorectal cancer does not have clear symptoms. Some patients may complain of problems like narrower stools, weight loss which is unexplainable, discomfort in the stomach, painful bowels, change in bowel habits or presence of blood in the stools. Alternative treatment is usually recommended along with conventional therapies to manage the side effects and symptoms. More...

Advanced Colon Cancer Treatment

If colon cancer has advanced, it means that the malignancy has reached the fourth stage. This also means that the cancer has spread to other organs, like the lungs and liver, and to the lymph nodes in the neighboring areas. In case ofadvanced colon cancer, treatment is very different from early stage colon cancer. The treatment concentrates on not only slowing down the spread of the malignancy, it also looks to improve the person’s quality of life and survivability. More...

Does Chinese Medicine For Colon Cancer Treatment Work ?

Colon cancer is treated using traditional methods for the treatment like chemotherapy and additionally, herbal medicines are administered to reduce the side effects of such treatments. There is no evidence that the herbal medicines cure or treat colon cancer. The ingestion of such medications alongside treatment should be undertaken only on consultation with the oncologist for safety and monitoring one’s progress. More...

Chemotherapy Treatments For Colon Cancer

Colon cancer is treatable using a combination of surgery and chemotherapy. The surgery will eliminate the cancerous cells which would have developed into a tumor in the colon while the chemotherapy will take care of the follow-up treatment in order to extend the survival of the patient suffering from colon cancer. The drugs administered during chemotherapy will kill the cancerous cells thus stopping their multiplication. When this cancer is detected in the first or second stage and treated suitably, the chances of surviving for the next 5 years will be between 75 and 95 percent. More...

 

What Is The Survival Rate Of Colon Cancer ?

              Survival rate refers to the possibility of survival of cancer patients for a specific time period. However, the rate cannot exactly predict the state of the patient. Only a broad idea is delivered. This idea is based on the state of other patients affected by the same disease.More...

 

How Does Colon Cancer Spread ?

             Like other cancers, colon cancer is also curable, provided it is diagnosed in early stages. Generally, colon cancer undergoes four stages. But sometimes, the recurring stage is considered as the fifth one.In the initial stage, also known as Stage Zero, of colon or colorectal cancer, the lining of the colon or rectum is occupied by the tumor.More...