Treatments for Bowel Cancer

The main treatments for bowel cancer are surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

For information about these and any alternative treatments, follow the links below.

Reviewed September 2008

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Title:	Adjuvant therapy for completely resected stage II colon cancer
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Colon cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the Western world. A large proportion of colon cancer patients can be cured by surgical resection alone. For those patients with lymph node positive (stage III) disease, the recurrence rat...
Date:	Jul 2008

Title:	Bowel cancer treatments
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	The main treatments for bowel cancer are surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Date:	Jan 2002

Title:	Hepatic artery adjuvant chemotherapy for patients having resection or ablation of colorectal cancer metastatic to the liver
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Patients who die of colorectal cancer usually die from, or at least with, liver metastases. On the other hand, isolated liver metastases can, on occasion, be resected with a chance of cure, if metastatic disease is not present elsewhere. After liver res...
Date:	Jul 2006

Title:	Pre-operative radiotherapy and curative surgery for the management of localized rectal carcinoma
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Optimal preoperative radiotherapy for localized rectal cancer provide a modest improvement in overall survival, definite improvement in local recurrences, modest increase in the proportion of patients undergoing curative surgery, but is also accompanied...
Date:	Dec 2006

Title:	Self-expanding metallic stents for relieving malignant colorectal obstruction: consumer summary
Publisher:	Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
Description:	This consumer summary discusses the use of self-expanding metallic stents (SEMS) for obstruction of the colon and rectum caused by cancer. ASERNIP-S looked at the safety and effectiveness of SEMS compared with surgery for this condition.
Date:	Aug 2006

Title:	Laparoscopic hepatic artery infusion pump (update)
Publisher:	Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
Description:	ASERNIP-S has performed an updated prioritising summary on laparoscopic hepatic artery infusion pump.
Date:	Nov 2005

Title:	Self-expanding metallic stents for relieving malignant colorectal obstruction: a systematic review
Publisher:	Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
Description:	The objective of this systemic review was to assess the safety and efficacy of using self-expanding metaalic stents (SEMS) for relieving malignant colorectal obstructions.
Date:	Sep 2006

Title:	Bowel cancer diagnosis
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	If you have symptoms that suggest you might have bowel cancer, the doctor will want to begin a diagnosis with an examination.
Date:	Jan 2002

Title:	Reconstructive techniques after rectal resection for rectal cancer
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Rectal cancer is a common cancer that requires surgical removal of the rectum and mesorectum for the best chance of cure. Advances in rectal cancer surgery have facilitated sphincter-preserving surgery in the majority of these patients. However, many ...
Date:	Apr 2008

Title:	Dietary fibre for the prevention of colorectal adenomas and carcinomas
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Colorectal (bowel) cancer is common worldwide but is especially prevalent in industrialised countries. Genes, diet and lifestyle all seem to be important in the development of bowel cancer. Several communities with low bowel cancer rates have diets that...
Date:	Nov 2001

Title:	Curative surgery for obstruction from primary left colorectal carcinoma: primary or staged resection?
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	No strong evidence about whether removal of bowel obstruction and cancer should be done in one step or as a staged procedure, when people have cancer in the left colon. Colorectal (bowel) cancer is common. It can obstruct the bowel, causing severe dilat...
Date:	Feb 2004

Title:	Stapled versus handsewn methods for ileocolic anastomoses
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	After surgery for right-sided bowel cancer or Crohn's disease, the bowel ends may be joined either by the use of a stapler or by manual suturing. This systematic review found 6 randomised controlled trials with a total of 955 participants (357 stapled, ...
Date:	Mar 2007

Title:	Palliative chemotherapy for advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Chemotherapy improves the survival of people with advanced colorectal cancer, but the adverse effects and impact on quality of life are not yet known.Colorectal (bowel) cancer is common worldwide, but can often be treated effectively with surgery. In so...
Date:	Nov 1999

Title:	Aspirin
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	Aspirin now has an important role in preventing heart attacks, strokes and bowel cancer.
Date:	Jan 2002

Title:	Quality of life after rectal resection for cancer, with or without permanent colostomy.
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	No apparent differences in quality of life are found in rectal cancer patients with a permanent stoma when compared to non-stoma patients.For patients diagnosed with rectal cancer, surgery is the definite treatment. The surgical outcome is either restor...
Date:	Feb 2007

Title:	Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, early detection and management of colorectal cancer
Publisher:	National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:	The guidelines are intended for use by medical practitioners and health workers and provide information on prevention and screening, diagnosis and psychosocial matters, as well as the clinical aspects of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Date:	Dec 2005

Title:	Resection versus no intervention or other surgical interventions for colorectal cancer liver metastases
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Resection versus no intervention or other surgical interventions for colorectal cancer liver metastases...
Date:	Feb 2008

Title:	Long-term results of laparoscopic colorectal cancer resection
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	This systematic review focuses on long-term outcome of laparoscopic versus open surgery for colorectal cancer, including long-term complications and cancer outcome. Laparoscopic resection of carcinoma of the colon is associated with a long term outcome...
Date:	Jan 2008

Title:	Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) and Aspirin for preventing colorectal adenomas and carcinomas
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	The review found some evidence to support the effectiveness of aspirin for reducing the risk of recurrent sporadic colorectal adenomas. Further, there is evidence from short-term studies to support regression, but not elimination or prevention of colore...
Date:	Nov 2003

Title:	Follow-up strategies for patients treated for non-metastatic colorectal cancer
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	For patients with colorectal cancer treated with curative intent, intensive follow up is associated with improved all-cause survival. However, from the randomised trials completed and reported to date, it is not clear what constitutes the optimal follow...
Date:	Aug 2006

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