Stage II rectal cancer belongs to middle and early stage, whether chemotherapy is needed or not is jointly decided by the patient’s physical quality and pathological stage of rectal cancer, etc., and should be carried out in accordance with doctor’s instruction.
1. No chemotherapy: if the age of rectal cancer patients is high, their physical quality and immunity are poor, such stage II rectal cancer patients shall not consider chemotherapy for the time being, and they can be treated with auxiliary treatment through traditional Chinese medicine and so on. If they are stage II low-risk patients, they do not need to use chemotherapy and observation is enough.
2. Chemotherapy: if the patient is a stage II high-risk patient, it is recommended to carry out combined regimen chemotherapy if there is no contraindication to chemotherapy in principle. If the patients are stage II general risk patients, single-agent fluorouracil chemotherapy is recommended.
Therefore, whether chemotherapy is needed for stage II rectal cancer or not should go to regular hospitals for relevant consultation and examination, find the suitable plan through the analysis of the condition, and carry out standardized treatment in accordance with the doctor’s prescription.