What is the main treatment of colon cancer?
The treatment of colon cancer is mainly surgical, supplemented with chemotherapy. Radiation therapy is not a standard therapeutic modality for colon cancers.
Describe the surgery for colon cancer.
Colectomy with lymph node dissection is indicated in all resectable tumors.
The extent of the resection depends on the location of the tumor as well as the blood supply and lymphatic drainage of the affected region.
Typical surgeries for colon cancer (table).
Typical surgeries for rectal cancer (table).
What is the most common pathological type of colorectal cancer?
Adenocarcinomas (95%)
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