Colorectal Cancer in Young Adults: An 'Issue Screaming for Action'
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Colon cancer is the most common type of gastrointestinal cancer. It is a multifactorial disease process, with etiology encompassing genetic factors, environmental exposures (including diet), and inflammatory conditions of the digestive tract.
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@haritt Surgery is the only curative modality for localized colon cancer (stage I-III). Surgical resection potentially provides the only curative option for patients with limited metastatic disease in liver and/or lung (stage IV disease). Surgical options include the following:
Right hemicolectomy: For lesions in the cecum and right colon
Extended right hemicolectomy: For lesions in the proximal or middle transverse colon
Left hemicolectomy: For lesions in the splenic flexure and left colon
Sigmoid colectomy: For sigmoid colon lesions
Total abdominal colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis: For selected patients with hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer, attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis, metachronous cancers in separate colon segments, or acute malignant colon obstructions with unknown status of the proximal bowel