We recommend that average-risk patients over the age 45 years be screened for CRC.
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LOKAL Approximately 80 percent of cancers are localized to the colon wall and/or regional nodes. Surgery is the only curative modality for localized colon cancer. The goal complete removal of the tumor, the major vascular pedicle, and the lymphatic drainage basin of the affected colonic segment. Restoration of bowel continuity using a primary anastomosis T emporary proximal diverting colostomy or ileostomy
Metastatic 20 to 25 percent of newly diagnosed colon cancers The most common distant metastatic sites : liver , lungs, lymph nodes, and peritoneum. Systemic chemotherapy improved median survival from less than one year to more than 30 months, fewer than 20 % of those treated with chemotherapy still alive at five years.