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You are working in an oncology floor. Your patient is a previously healthy man aged 40 with a new diagnosis of colon cancer.
What are some things you will need to implement in his plan of care?
(Continue) Definitive
Management is mainly Surgical (1)If right sided early growth-Right
radical Hemicolectomy with ileo-transverse anastomosis (2) if
transverse Colon-An extended right hemicolectomy (3) if left sided
early growth-Left radical hemicolectomy. If liver secondaries
present then hepatic resection mighy be required.
IF POSITIVE NODES,venous spread,Advanced carcinoma then chemotherapy using 5 fluorouacil with folinic acid.
NO ROLE FOR RADIOTHERAPHY AS TUMOUR IS RADIORESISTANT.
Follow up is very very important in this case, TIME INTERVAL--3 years at regular intervals in 3-6 months.
Thankyou.