How long can a person with rectal cancer usually live

The condition of rectal cancer will directly affect the patient's absorption of nutrients, and many patients with rectal cancer will suffer from deficiencies in various nutrients and trace elements due to insufficient absorption of nutrients. Not only will their bodies become weaker, but also due to insufficient nutrition. So how long can people with rectal cancer generally live? Let's find out below.

Rectal cancer is a common cancer. It can cause many people to die or suffer physical deterioration. However, if it is treated well in the early stages of the disease, the survival rate will be longer. However, every patient has a different attitude towards the treatment of rectal cancer. Therefore, in this case, the survival rate of patients with early-stage rectal cancer will be different due to different treatment choices.

In the early stages of rectal cancer, if it can be treated with targeted treatment and the patient's cancer condition can be suppressed to a certain extent and cancer cells can be slowly eliminated, the patient can completely get rid of the invasion of cancer cells on the body and live for decades without any major problems.

If it is the early stage of rectal cancer, because the patient does not pay attention or does not pay enough attention, the rectal cancer will gradually worsen, leading to serious spread of cancer cells. In this case, it is possible that the patient can only live for three to five years. Therefore, not every patient with early stage rectal cancer can live the same long.

Therefore, knowing that rectal cancer can be cured through treatment in the early stage and that people can live for decades like normal people, you should seek timely treatment after you find that you have rectal cancer so that you can live longer. However, if you do not receive timely or effective treatment, you may only live for three to five years. How long you can live is actually different for each patient.