Treatment Options
Most patients with colon cancer have resection surgery where the diseased segment is removed and the bowel on either side of the cancer is reunited. Surgical removal of colon cancer offers a potential for cure. When the growth of the tumour is small, where the cancer has not spread outside the bowel wall, the patient will do well. Larger cancers are typically treated with surgery and afterward the patient may receive chemotherapy (a special drug that kills cancer cells and may be given by mouth or injected through a vein), sometimes in combination with radiation.
Important: This information should not be used as a substitute for the medical care and advice of your physician. 
