New advances in colorectal cancer treatment
Currently, radiotherapy followed by surgery is advocated, which is better than surgery followed by chemotherapy regimen.
Radiotherapy is only applicable to.
1 Late stage rectal cancer that cannot be resected in one stage. Fan Enxue, Department of Colorectal and Anal Surgery, Second Hospital of Jilin University
2 Rectal cancer that recurs again after surgery.
3 Radiotherapy is not applicable to colon cancer.
Radiotherapy facilitates the descending stage, tumor shrinkage and surgery.
Chemotherapy.
1 Late stage rectal cancer that cannot be resected in one stage (with chemotherapy).
2 Rectal cancer that recurs after surgery (with chemotherapy).
3 Chemotherapy facilitates stage reduction, tumor shrinkage, and surgery.