Patients with rectal cancer can still work, they can do light physical labor when their condition permits, but should not do heavy physical labor. If the patient’s condition is serious, it is not recommended to work, and the patient needs to take medication, radiotherapy and surgery in time. If patients have rectal cancer, they need to take more rest and should not overwork, if their condition permits, they can do light physical labor, but not heavy physical labor such as digging coal, lifting steel bars and so on. If patients with rectal cancer have lower abdominal pain, bleeding, severe weight loss, difficulty in breathing, continuous pain in lumbosacral area, etc., it mostly indicates that the condition is serious and work is not recommended. Once rectal cancer is diagnosed, according to the condition, it needs to be treated with targeted drugs such as bevacizumab and cetuximab under the assessment and guidance of professional doctors, and some patients can also use chemotherapy drugs such as irinotecan and 5-fluorouracil as prescribed by doctors. In addition, patients can also be treated with radiation irradiation therapy. In addition, patients can take open surgery, laparoscopic surgery and other surgical treatments as prescribed by doctors. It is suggested that patients need to adjust their mentality and actively cooperate with doctors to treat rectal cancer. Whether patients can work or not should listen to attending doctor’s opinion, not decide by themselves, and communicate with attending doctors when they have doubts, which is more conducive to controlling the condition and improving the quality of survival.