At the age of 50, people often complain that their bowels are hurting. Cancer can be the cause. As doctors say, the disease usually occurs in older people.
Quite often, doctors can not specify whythe intestine is struck. Cancer can be a consequence of either one or a combination of many causes. Factors that are harmful to health and can cause the emergence of an oncology of this type are:
Depending on which department is damagedintestine, cancer can manifest itself with various symptoms. In the early stages of the disease rarely makes itself felt. The first symptoms that patients most often notice are:
In addition to the above symptoms can be andothers, because the oncology of the intestine removes from work not only one organ, but also damages entire systems of the body. That's why the disease can be accompanied by jaundice, headache, discomfort in the chest and even a cough.
Patient complaints allow the doctor to assess the situationand assign the necessary diagnostic methods. First of all, the patient must take a blood test for CEA (the antigen that is produced by the tumor) and the feces analysis for blood. Recto-manoscopy allows a good inspection of the intestine. Cancer can be detected with the help of fibrocolonoscopy, using which, samples of neoplasm tissue are also taken for analysis. Remove polyps and diagnose the disease is possible thanks to a colonoscopy. Actually, for today this method of diagnostics is used most often.
Treatment of bowel cancer is carried out mainlysurgical method. It is most effective. Modern medicine allows you to perform an operation in the early stages with the help of endoscopy, and the abdominal cavity is not cut. The effectiveness of treatment in this case is 97%. If the organ is more affected, it is necessary to remove both the tumor itself, and healthy surrounding tissues, as well as the nearest lymph nodes. In addition, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are also used to treat the disease.