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What sort of therapy is colon radiation?
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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).
Answered 9/28/2016
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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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