Which surgery should be used to treat rectal cancer? What is the most accurate way to check for rectal cancer?

Rectal cancer may cause abnormal bowel movements, infarction, weight loss, constipation, diarrhea, bloody stools and other symptoms, but these symptoms are very similar to many intestinal diseases. Therefore, even if these types of symptoms occur, it is difficult to identify them. At this time, you can use the hospital's testing methods to understand the health level of the intestines. Let's answer how to check for rectal cancer? What is the surgical treatment for rectal cancer?

How long can you live with lung metastasis from rectal cancer?

The lung is the second most common site of metastasis of colorectal cancer, and the survival time depends on the number of metastases. If the lung metastases are less than 4, surgery or ablation can be performed after effective chemotherapy to completely eliminate them, and the survival time is longer; if it is diffuse lung metastasis, surgery cannot be performed and chemotherapy is the only option. Chemotherapy drugs combined with bevacizumab can prolong survival, but usually cannot be cured. Targeted drug therapy or immunotherapy can also be used to prolong life.

How to check for rectal cancer?

There are two common methods for checking rectal cancer: 1. Go to the hospital for a digital rectal examination, where the doctor can feel about seven to eight centimeters of the rectum; 2. Go for a colonoscopy, which can determine whether a tumor exists.

What is the surgical treatment for rectal cancer?

The surgical treatments for rectal cancer include: 1. Conventional laparoscopy; 2. New robotic surgery; 3. Local resection of early tumors; 4. Local resection of the first layer of cancerous T cells through colonoscopy; 5. Local resection through the anus, such as TEM surgery, which can remove rectal cancer tumors less than ten centimeters. Surgery is the main means of early colorectal cancer and can completely cure patients.

It should be noted that many people who experience tenesmus are particularly worried that it is caused by colon cancer. If the feeling of tenesmus is more obvious, you should look for the cause, rule out organic diseases first, and then consider mental factors.

The above content is what Dr. Chen Gong introduced to you about how to check for rectal cancer and the surgical treatment methods for rectal cancer. In fact, there are many surgical treatment methods for rectal cancer now, and they are also relatively advanced and less harmful. However, you must also take good protection after the operation, protect the hygiene of the wound, and reduce external interference with the stomach and intestines.