Cancer Types
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Cancer Types
Colon Cancer The treatment of colon cancer typically consists of surgery and/or chemotherapy and may involve several physicians, including a gastroenterologist, a surgeon, a medical oncologist and other specialists. Care must be carefully coordinated between the various treating physicians involved in management of the cancer. Colon cancer begins in cells that line the colon. As the cells increase in number, they spread circumferentially around the colon like a "napkin ring." If not detected early, the cancer may invade adjacent organs and spread through the lymph and blood systems throughout the body to the liver, lungs and other organs. In order to understand the best treatment options available for treatment of colon cancer, it is important to first determine where the cancer has spread in the body. For more information on colon cancer, visit Sanford Cancer Center Oncology Clinic. |
