What is the treatment for stage 3 colon cancer

Surgery, chemo: Stage 3 colon cancer implies that there is spread of disease to lymph nodes. Substaging depends on how many, and where. Treatment has better survival and disease free survival than no treatment. Talk with your oncologist, surgeon re: chemo regimens. Get the tumor genetic testing results, which might impact on the possibility of other treatments as well.

Chemotherapy: Adjuvant chemotherapy is the treatment for stage iii colon cancer after surgery. Your oncologist will decide on what regimen.

Surgery and ? chemo: The first step is to remove the tumor and lymph nodes to see if tumor has spread to these. Since you know it is stage iii this must have already be done. We know in patients with the disease spread to nodes around the tumor, it is more likely to recurr. The addition of chemotx reduces this risk. Talk to an oncologist about the risks and benefits of the chemo. Most patients should recieve it.