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How colon cancer is treated

Medically reviewed by Archana Sharma, DO Key Takeaways Colon cancer treatment depends on the stage, tumor characteristics, ...
When someone is diagnosed with colorectal cancer—which includes both colon and rectal cancers—many people immediately think "surgery." And it's true that surgery plays a central role in treatment for ...
Diagnostic and surgical approaches to treating the disease are evolving — just as rates are spiking. Learn how the surgical ...
Stage I–II colon cancers are generally managed with surgery alone, often achieving cure rates above 90%, whereas stage III disease commonly requires postoperative chemotherapy for optimal outcomes.
The efficacy of watch and wait strategy or surgery after neoadjuvant immunotherapy for locally advanced colorectal cancer with dMMR/MSI-H guided by ctDNA dynamic monitoring (WINDOW): A single-center, ...
In the previous article, I wrote about how I stopped chemotherapy for colorectal cancer after four sessions, and how my tumor ...