Colorectal cancer: management

• Autores: Farhat V.N. Din, Malcolm G. Dunlop
• Localización: Medicine, ISSN-e 1357-3039, Vol. 43, Nº. 6, 2015, págs. 303-307
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Colorectal cancer is common with a lifetime risk of 5% and remains the second most common cause of cancer death with low 5-year survival (55%). Early detection through bowel screening and surveillance of genetic and inflammatory bowel disease high-risk groups aims to identify early disease. Specialist surgery, despite the associated morbidity and mortality offers the best chance of cure. Increasingly isolated multi-organ metastatic disease is resected with good results. This brief article summarizes management of colorectal cancer with focus on early rectal and polyp cancers, which may pose management dilemmas.