Colon Cancer Facts
Treatment Options by Stage
Peer Review Status: Internally Reviewed by Cancer Center Staff
Creation Date: September 2003
Last Revision Date: October 2006
Stage 0 Colon Cancer (Carcinoma in Situ)
- Local excision or simple polypectomy (polyp removal)
- Surgery to cut out the cancer and sew the two ends of colon back together.
Stage I
- Surgery to cut out the cancer and sew the two ends of colon back together
Stage II
- Surgery to cut out the cancer and sew the two ends of colon back together
- Clinical trials of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or biologic therapy after surgery.
Stage III
- Surgery to cut out the cancer and sew the two ends of colon back together with chemotherapy.
- Chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
- Clinical trials of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or biologic therapy after surgery.
Stage IV and Recurrent Colon Cancer
- Surgery to cut out the cancer and sew the two ends back together to remove or bypass the tumor
- Surgery to remove parts of other organs such as the liver where the cancer may have spread.
- Chemotherapy
- Clinical trials of chemotherapy or biological therapy.
- Radiation therapy may be offered to some patients to relieve symptoms.
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