what are the treatment or surgerys of colon cancer?

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1. rer348 says:

   July 28, 2009 at 6:33 am

   kellbell: I don’t know that I can’t tell you ALL the names and treatments for Colon CA, but I can tell you of my experience. 1). A colon CA might be discovered via a COLONOSCOPY….looking with a camera (no kiddin’) into one’s colon. Via the colonoscopy the MD’s might view a normal colon, or perhaps find POLYPS, a growth on the lining of the colon POSSIBLY indicating a Cancer related cell growth, or an actual TUMOR (again an abnormal growth of cells) and again, as I understand, possibly a CA or possibly not. Lab testing of specimen tissue ( a BIOPSY) determines a CA growth and the type of. Polyps can be removed during a colonoscopy for lab testing. Should these polyps or an actual tumor be found to be CA, then I believe a surgery is indicated. The surgeons will remove the parts of the colon necessary in an operation called a COLECTOMY. The colon, your "large bowel" which is connected to your small intestines at one end and your rectum at the other, is basically identified in 3 parts: the ASCENDING COLON, the TRANSVERSE COLON, and the DESCENDING COLON. Surgical removal of a section of the colon is called a HEMICOLECTOMY, removal of all the colon is referred to as a TOTAL COLECTOMY or a SUB-TOTAL COLECTOMY, Some persons who receive a colectomy are also fitted with a COLOSTOMY, a "hole" in the abdomen via which an exterior bag device is located to accept the fecal matter ( poop..you know..) the patient produces. Such a patient , as long as they have a colostomy will no longer pass feces rectally..only into the device, which obviously the patient changes/empties as necessary. P.S., I have known people with a Colostomy who have had such for 25 years and better…you could "look at them and never know " they were wearing the device. In my case, I received a sub-total colectomy, I am basically without any colon save for a small remaining part near the rectum to which the distal end of my small intestines is attached. I do not have a colostomy. I attribute this to good luck and my surgeons’ skill. another P.S….my Kaiser surgeon has "saved" me twice now. How does one acknowledge such a person, and all the other staff as well? I do it by having fun every day. THANKS AGAIN KAISER!!! Colon CA might also be treated with a course of CHEMOTHERAPY…basically a medicine designed to "attack and kill fast growing type cells), whether they are CA or not I suppose, thus some of the side effects of Chemo..{fatigue, nausea amongst others). Hey, another P.S., all through Chemo I also tried to have fun, and sorta did..I was as active as I could be given the circumstances. Being on chemo is not "a nightmare".
   After a surgery for colon CA the MD’s will continue to follow a patient with follow up colonoscopies as well as other regular exams. I hope I have answered some of your questions, I know I have not stated "all the treatments existing for Colon CA", just those I am familiar with and aware of. Here is what I think of CA, and my experience. Cancer is like a bully, twice you size and completely able to pummel you, but no matter how many times he punches you…you get up and say "F/U cancer", whether you are going to get smashed again or not. F/U CANCER, and heres a big F/U for all those too ill to say it for themselves. Just as with all other bully’s, one day you are going to get your A** kicked too.
2. dr_saini says:

   July 28, 2009 at 6:33 am

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3. jayaraman says:

   July 28, 2009 at 6:33 am

   CANCER OF THE COLON is the disease characterized by the development of malignant cells in the lining or epithelium of the first and longest portion of the large intestine. Malignant cells have lost normal control mechanisms governing growth. These cells may invade surrounding local tissue or they may spread throughout the body and invade other organ systems.

   TREATMENT depends upon the stage of the cancer. The initial treatment is usually local excision of the tumor or excision of a larger part of the colon followed by the joining of the two adjacent ends, a procedure referred to as end-to-end anastomosis. In some cases a colostomy (an opening that allows waste to be expelled through an opening in the abdomen rather than through the anus) is created either temporarily, to allow healing, or permanently, if significant portions of the colon have had to be removed.

   If the disease is advanced, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or biological therapies (therapies that stimulate the body’s own immune defenses against the disease) may be used in addition to surgery…
4. Jitty says:

   July 28, 2009 at 6:33 am

   check this site out for more info

   http://fly2.ws/colorectal-cancer

   hope it helps!

   take care