| Colon cancer is thought to be the second most | | | | have a second operation is a lot smaller, |
| common of all cancer types. It usually affects men, | | | | becauserecurrence of colon cancer is rare. Although, |
| but women can develop colon cancer as well. If | | | | the number of people cured by surgery is very big, |
| detected in its primary stages, colon cancer can be | | | | when it comes to the second colon cancer surgery, |
| cured very easy. | | | | numbers are not so good. Only twenty percent of all |
| The most common and best way to treat a case of | | | | colon cancer recurrence patients actually get cured |
| colon cancer is through surgery. A colon cancer that | | | | after the second resection. |
| is about three to five centimeters long can be | | | | After surgery, for a period of almost one year, you |
| removed through surgical resection. The drainage | | | | will also do some therapy. This therapy increases |
| sites of primary lymphatic must also be re sectioned. | | | | your chances of survival if suffering from colon |
| If your colon cancer is not too low, less than five | | | | cancer. However, this therapy is only used for people |
| centimeters from your anus, colostomy is used. This | | | | that are in one of these colon cancer stages: THM 3 |
| colon cancer procedure means that your colon is | | | | colon cancer, or Duke' s B2 colon cancer or C colon |
| taken out through your abdominal walls. A bag must | | | | cancer. This is standard therapy and it lasts almost |
| also be placed in order to drain the stool. Surgery is | | | | one year after you have had surgery. Fluoroulacil and |
| very successful in almost all colon cancer cases. | | | | levamisol are used for these stages of colon cancer. |
| Moreover, if the colon cancer is found at the | | | | If you suffer from TNM colon cancer, stage 4, |
| beginning stage, than cure rates through colon cancer | | | | therapy with radiation will also be used together with |
| surgery are that much grater. More than eighty | | | | the standard therapy. This has now become standard |
| percent of all colon cancer patients are cured after | | | | for all colon cancer patients that have had surgery, |
| their first surgery. However, there are people who | | | | because studies have shown that the survival rate in |
| will develop colon cancer even after they have had | | | | these patients opposed to those that only have |
| surgery. In this case, they will have to do another | | | | surgery is much grater. |
| resection. The number of colon cancer patients that | | | | |