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What can be done for bowel inflammation in a metastic colon cancer patient ?can chemo cause this ?

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Dr. Stephen Southard answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

There are many: Reasons for intestinal inflammation whether or not someone has colon cancer and is utilizing chemotherapy. Without having more information like the symptoms associated or the circumstances around how the inflammation was identified, it's difficult to better guide you. Though this is a question that a patients oncologist should readily be able to help out with.

Answered 7/9/2016

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Reduce the drug: The primary approach to treating metastatic colon cancer is systemic chemotherapy. A problem is that all rapidly dividing cells respond and many drugs result in inflammation and frequent diarrhea. Drugs lile Vectibix (panitumumab) are extremely toxic to bowel. The bowel microbiome is destroyed as well as the mucosal lining. Level of meds must be reduced so the end effect on normal tissue is minimal.

Answered 7/29/2015

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