The area of the tumor or where the disease has returned (repeated)
The stage of the cancer.
Your general health.
Your personal preferences.
You may be offered one or more of the following treatments for colorectal cancer.
Surgery: Surgery is the essential treatment for most colorectal growths. Contingent upon the stage and area of the tumor, you may have one of the accompanying …show more content…
It is generally utilized before surgery and might be given as a component of chemoradiation (chemotherapy given amid a similar day and age as radiation treatment). It is in some cases given after surgery for stage III colon malignancy to keep disease from returning, or repeating. Radiation treatment to the guts, pelvis, bone or mind might be utilized as palliative treatment for cutting edge colorectal growth that can 't be evacuated with surgery.
Radiation therapy can be utilized in a number of ways to cure, control and reduce cancer. When we look at the curative intent of radiation, it is used to destroy tumours that have not yet metastasized throughout the body. Radiation can also be used to kill small amount of cancer that might be remaining after a patient has undergone chemotherapy or surgery. As well as reduce the risk that cancer will return. Radiation may also be used to reduce the size or a tumour or cancerous cells before undergoing surgery for optimal success of removing the cancer with ease. If the goal is to control or reduce the symptoms caused by a growing tumour, radiation is used to improve the quality of life. This is often used during palliative care. By reducing the size of a tumour that interferes with the quality of life, shrinking the tumour will relieve pain and allow daily tasks to be performed with …show more content…
One of the three type is External Beam Radiation therapy which is mostly used in rectum. Some of the several type of external beam therapy are Three Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy (3D-CRT), Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Proton Beam Therapy, Neutron Beam Therapy, Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), Stereotactic Radiotherapy (SRT), and Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS). Other one is Intraoperative Radiation Therapy which is used during surgery. The last type is Internal Radiation or Brachytherapy that usually get treated by patient who doesn’t want to into surgery like old people. It can be delivered in either interstitial radiation therapy or