Onkologie. 2020:14(6):258-261 | DOI: 10.36290/xon.2020.089
Colorectal cancer is a major public health problem not only in the Czech Republic. In approximately 25 % of cases, distant metastases are diagnosed synchronously with a primary tumour of the colon or rectum. In about half of the patients, metastases occur metachronously. Patients in whom surgical treatment of metastases is feasible have the best prognosis for long-term survival in clinical stage IV. Unfortunately, in the large majority, the goal of treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer is to slow down disease progression and prolong survival with a good quality of life. Interdisciplinary cooperation and individual approach with respect to predictive and prognostic markers are the mainstay of modern treatment for colorectal cancer in the year 2020.
Published: January 8, 2021 Show citation