Colorectal cancer (colon)

Your specialist for colon cancer.

"We don't give up on anyone, ever." This has probably also become the guiding principle of our interdisciplinary team, which has set itself the goal of ensuring the best possible life and quality of life for our patients suffering from colon cancer. I myself am considered an internationally recognized specialist for colon cancer.

The colon cancer (carcinoma) is one of the most common tumor diseases. Here we distinguish between Colon cancer (colon carcinoma) and Rectal cancer (rectal carcinoma) distinguished.

Colorectal cancer symptoms

Any Change in bowel habitssuch as diarrhea alternating with constipation, is an alarm signal and must be clarified immediately. A classic symptom of colorectal cancer is visible or hidden Blood in stool. The latter can be achieved by a so-called Hemoccult test can be identified. Other non-specific symptoms are Bloated feeling, Fatigue, Weight loss, Night sweats, Fever and anemia (lower Hemoglobin value).

Diagnostics

At the University Hospital for Surgery in Salzburg, we ensure a painless diagnosis of colon cancer with the help of the "gentle colonoscopy": Through a premedication (short anesthesia) the patients feel the Colonoscopy hardly.

To complement the examination, we perform computed tomography of the abdominal and thoracic cavities, since colon carcinoma very often already has daughter tumors at the time of diagnosis. (metastases) has set. Special Tumor marker in the blood are used to monitor the progress and determine the success of the therapy.

Colorectal cancer treatment

Our center for surgery in Salzburg is specially designed in structure and organization for the Specifics of colorectal cancer, as well as to the needs of cancer patients and their families. If the carcinoma detected early, the patients can be cured by surgery, using a radical removal of the tumor-bearing intestinal segment is performed. Whenever possible, Minimally invasive and robot-assisted procedures applied in order to perform the procedure as gently as possible.

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