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 October 2011

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Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Bowel Cancer

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Links to systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatment for bowel cancer

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Title:   After a diagnosis of bowel cancer
Publisher:   The Cancer Council Australia
Description:   Learn more about coping with a diagnosis of bowel cancer. Read patient fact sheet on diagnosis of cancer, treatment and support.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Management of early colorectal cancer: Pocket summary
Publisher:   Ministry of Health (MoH) (New Zealand)
Description:   This resource is intended as a quick clinical reference to selected Management of Early Colorectal Cancer guideline content, primarily recommendations.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Management of early colorectal cancer.
Publisher:   Ministry of Health (MoH) (New Zealand)
Description:   An evidence-based summary of current New Zealand and overseas evidence to inform best practice in the management of people with early colorectal cancer. The guideline will be relevant and useful to all secondary and tertiary care practitioners involved in the care of people with early colorectal cancer (ie, not metastatic or recurrent).
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, early detection and management of colorectal cancer
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council
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:   Your questions to the PBAC. Folinic acid, the PBAC and the TGA - approval confusion
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   How can oxaliplatin be approved by the PBAC for combination therapy with folinic acid in metastatic colorectal cancer when the folinic acid does not have an approved indication in this disease?
Date:   Aug 2003
Title:   New drugs for colorectal cancer: mechanisms of action
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Colorectal cancer has long been considered as moderately resistant to chemotherapy. Previously 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) was the only proven treatment for this indication, but it has been slowly replaced by other drugs. It is hoped these newly the approved regimens will provide the building blocks for the combination chemotherapy of the future.
Date:   Oct 2002
Title:   New treatments for advanced and metastatic colorectal cancer  clinical applications
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   In the last five years several new drugs have become available for the treatment of patients with advanced colorectal cancer.
Date:   Oct 2002
Title:   Aspirin - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Aspirin now has an important role in preventing heart attacks, strokes and bowel cancer.
Date:   Jan 2002
Title:   Bowel cancer treatments - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   The main treatments for bowel cancer are surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Date:   Jan 2002
Title:   Bowel cancer diagnosis - myDr.com.au
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

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