Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colon Cancer.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 55-year-old man with no medical history presents to his primary care physician with fatigue and dark stools and is found to have anemia. He is referred for diagnostic colonoscopy and found to have an ulcerated mass in the ascending colon. Metastatic workup is negative. He is referred to a colorectal surgeon and undergoes an uneventful laparoscopic right hemicolectomy. Final pathology reveals a 4-cm ulcerated mass involving the muscularis propria with 3 positive lymph nodes out of 12 (T2N1bM0, stage IIIA). The patient arrives at his postoperative appointment with questions about chemotherapy.
Medical subject headings
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
- Colonic Neoplasms
- Medical Oncology
- Patient Care Management