The general life expectancy of bowel cancer needs to be specifically analyzed according to the patient’s physical condition, disease degree and treatment effect, which varies from person to person. It can be specifically classified into early stage bowel cancer patients, bowel cancer patients with lymph node metastasis without distant metastasis, and recurrence or metastasis in middle and late stages, etc. Different periods of time have different impacts on the disease on life expectancy.
In case of early-stage bowel cancer patients, after having treatment surgery, the 5-year survival rate of patients can reach 90%, and there is also a certain risk of recurrence, the risk of recurrence is 1.2%-4.9%, and regular rechecks are conducted in 3, 6 and 12 months after surgery.
If there is lymph node metastasis without distant metastasis of bowel cancer patients, after surgery, radiotherapy chemotherapy and targeted therapy, the 5-year survival rate is 50%-78%.
If the recurrence or metastasis is in the middle or late stage, such as the occurrence of liver metastasis, the 3-year survival rate after symptomatic treatment is 41%-79%, and the 5-year survival rate is 31%-39%. If the metastatic lesion is too large to be operated on, but the survival rate is lower, the 5-year survival rate is at 6%.
When bowel cancer occurs, it is important to cooperate with doctors in time to avoid delaying the condition.