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A 45-year-old member asked:
What sort of therapy is colon radiation?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
A Verified Doctoranswered
30 years experience
Colon xrt: With colon cancer we use radiation therapy when cancer is in the rectum (the farther part of the colon, the last 12-20 CM of your colon).
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Dr. Magdy Mikhailanswered
Internal Medicine 38 years experience
Cancer treatment : That's usually follows surgical excision of certain types of intestinal cancers or as the only treatment for non operable cases or to relieve obstruction caused by the malignancy.
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Last updated Sep 28, 2016
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