| Colon cancer is the type of cancer that usually | | | | treatments is this colon cancer stage. No further |
| has no symptoms. If colon cancer symptoms do | | | | treatment is necessary. |
| appear in a person, it will be a little too late, | | | | Stage 2 is the next step in colon cancer. This |
| because he/ she is probably in a very advanced | | | | time the disease has gone through the walls of |
| stage of colon cancer. This is the reason why, | | | | your colon and affected the nearest tissues. In |
| most of the doctors recommend screening at | | | | this colon cancer stage, the lymph nodes have |
| least one a year. | | | | not been reached yet. Resection is the only |
| Colon cancer has five stages. Each colon cancer | | | | known treatment if you find yourself in this colon |
| stage actually shows how far the cancer has | | | | cancer stage. However, the rate of recurrence is |
| spread. There are many ways to diagnose a | | | | very big in this case, so your doctor might also |
| colon cancer case, even in its most advanced | | | | use radiation therapy. Chemotherapy can also be |
| stage. Colonoscopy, barium enema and even a | | | | used in this colon cancer stage. |
| digital rectum exam can tell a doctor if indeed you | | | | Next is stage 3 colon cancer. This is thought as an |
| are suffering from colon cancer or polyps. | | | | advanced stage. The lymph nodes are now |
| First stage in colon cancer is stage 0. In this colon | | | | affected by the disease. Other parts of your |
| cancer stage you can think of yourself as a very | | | | body have not been yet affected when suffering |
| lucky person, because it can be cured. In this | | | | from stage 3 colon cancer. Sectional surgery is |
| colon cancer stage, the disease has not spread | | | | the right treatment at this point. Chemotherapy is |
| beyond your colon or rectum. Treatment in this | | | | then used to reduce recurrence. Radiation therapy |
| case is surgery. The part of your colon that has | | | | can also be used in this colon cancer stage. |
| been affected will be removed. If you have a | | | | The last and most serious colon cancer stage is 4. |
| larger tumor, a resection might be the proper | | | | In this case, the disease has reached as far as |
| treatment for your colon cancer case. | | | | the lungs, ovaries and liver. When you have |
| The second colon cancer stage is known as stage | | | | reached the stage, surgery is only used to relive |
| 1. In this case, the cancer has not spread beyond | | | | the symptoms or prevent any further |
| the colon, but the cancer has grown through a | | | | complications. In this case, the colon cancer can |
| few layers of your colon. Resection is the used | | | | not be cured or even removed through surgery. |