Your doctor may recommend chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy targeted therapy, and/or other therapies to treat colorectal cancer.
Your doctor may recommend chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and/or other therapies to treat your cancer.
Treatment for colorectal cancer depends on several factors including the:
Every case is different. Your best resource is your doctor, who knows the specific details about your diagnosis.
Chemotherapy is treatment with cytotoxic drugs that are injected into a vein (IV) or pills taken by mouth. These drugs travel through the bloodstream and destroy cancer cells.
Radiation therapy is a form of cancer treatment that uses high-energy rays to destroy cancer cells. Rectal cancer is treated with radiation more frequently than colon cancer.
Cancer immunotherapy, also known as immuno-oncology or biological therapy, is a form of cancer treatment that uses the body’s own immune system to help prevent, control, and eliminate cancer.
Targeted therapy uses drugs to target and "turn off" specific genes and proteins that help cancer cells grow.
There are a number of therapies that use chemotherapy, HAI therapy, ablation, radiation, cryotherapy, heat, and other approaches to reduce or remove liver metastases.
Hepatic Artery Infusion (HAI) therapy is an FDA-approved cancer treatment that delivers medicine into the liver through the hepatic artery.
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance is urging Americans to prioritize colorectal cancer screening, as the American Cancer Society (ACS) released updated guidelines today.
For many cancer patients, the end of active treatment brings a new kind of dread. Scans every few months and anxious waits for results. A blood test is changing that experience for a growing number of patients.
When Helen was diagnosed with metastatic colorectal cancer, the biggest concern for her medical team was that her cancer had spread to her liver. One type of therapy, hepatic artery infusion, offered a path forward, but there was a catch. Nobody at her hospital had ever done it before. She'd have to be first.