In most cases, surgery is not recommended for advanced cancer, and radiotherapy and medication can be used. In a few cases, such as when colon cancer has concurrent liver metastasis or intestinal obstruction, surgery is usually needed, and the specific treatment plan will be adjusted by the doctor according to the actual situation of the patient.
Patients with advanced cancer stage are physically weaker and may not be able to withstand greater trauma, and the cancer cells have already spread and broken through the localized growth and metastasized to other parts of the body, so surgery is usually unable to control the development of the disease.
Patients with advanced cancer usually suffer from hoarseness, shortness of breath, pleural effusion, face and neck edema, and other symptoms. Treatment is more difficult at this stage. In most cases, chemotherapy is still used, combined with traditional Chinese medicine to prolong life and reduce pain, and surgery is not recommended.
In a few cases, such as when colon cancer patients develop concurrent liver metastasis or develop intestinal obstruction usually need surgical treatment, such as using radical colon cancer surgery and palliative surgery for intestinal obstruction.
Patients with advanced cancer should try to eat less tonic food in their diet, and they can eat more light and easy-to-digest food, such as egg custard, millet porridge and so on.