According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer stages and corresponding 5-year survival rate as follows:

Colorectal Cancer Stage I: 85%--95%;

Colorectal Cancer Stage II: 60%--80%;

Colorectal Cancer Stage III: 30%--60%;

Colorectal Cancer Stage IV: below 5%.

Early treatment is the important factors to improve the 5-year relative survival rate of colorectal cancer. Doctors use staging information to help plan treatment and to predict a patient’s prognosis.

11-Year Colorectal Cancer Survivor Shares His Successful Anti-cancer Experience

HATTA*Rectal Cancer

HATTA was diagnosed with rectal cancer in 2007. Doctors in local hospitals suggested him to take operation to remove the tumor. He refused, because he did not want to live with an ostomy bag. Later, he learned that there are minimally invasive therapies for cancer patients in St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou, which can achieve the same efficacy as operation but there is no need to undergo the suffering of operation. Therefore, he came to Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou in April, 2007. His tumor and symptom of bloody stool disappeared after taking interventional therapy, natural therapy and other treatments here. HATTA came back to Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou for follow-up checkup every year, HATTA gets a good prognosis, 11 years passed, his tumor never grew back or metastasized. Click to read his anticancer story

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TNM system

The staging system most often used for colorectal cancer is TNM.

The T refers to the size and extent of the main tumor. The main tumor is usually called the primary tumor.

T1, T2, T3, T4: Refers to the size and/or extent of the main tumor. The higher the number after the T, the larger the tumor or the more it has grown into nearby tissues.

The N refers to the number of nearby lymph nodes that have cancer.

N1, N2, N3: Refers to the number and location of lymph nodes that contain cancer. The higher the number after the N, the more lymph nodes that contain cancer.

The M refers to whether the cancer has metastasized. This means that the cancer has spread from the primary tumor to other parts of the body.

M0, M1: Cancer has not spread to other parts of the body.

Colorectal Cancer Stages and Treatment 

(The treatment for different stages of colorectal cancer is only for reference)

Stage 0 Colorectal Cancer: Tis (Carcinoma in situ), N0 stage, M0 stage;

Stage 0 Treatment for colorectal cancer stage 0: Polypectomy during colonoscopy

Stage I Colorectal Cancer: T1~T2, N0, M0 ——the cancer has grown through the mucosa into the submucosa.

Treatment for Stage I Clorectal Cancer : Surgery, Interventional Therapy, Green Chemotherapy, Gene Targeted Therapy, and Combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine.

Stage II Colorectal Cancer: T3~T4, N0, M0 ——the cancer has grown into other nearby tissues or organs.

Treatment for Stage II Colorectal Cancer: Surgery, Interventional Therapy, Green Chemotherapy, Gene Targeted Therapy, and Combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine.

Stage III Colorectal Cancer: any T, N1~N3, M0 —— the cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes.

Treatment for Stage III Colorectal Cancer: Interventional Therapy, Green Chemotherapy, Gene Targeted Therapy, and Combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine.

Stage IV Colorectal Cancer Colorectal Cancer: Any T stage, Any N stage, M1 —— the cancer has spread to distant organs.

Treatment for Stage IV Colorectal Cancer: Interventional Therapy, Nanoknife, Cryotherapy, Particle Implantation, Green Chemotherapy, Gene Targeted Therapy, and Combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine.

Recurrence of Colorectal Cancer: Cancer recurrence after the treatment can be found at rectum colon, or other parts of the body.

Treatment for Recurrence: Interventional Therapy, Nanoknife, Cryotherapy, Particle Implantation, Green Chemotherapy, Gene Targeted Therapy, and Combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine.

We can offer help if you are diagnosed with colorectal cancer, make an appointment online or contact reception for a telephone appointment. Call at 02-8-822122 (Manila Office) or 0917-599-2277 (Cebu Office) .

Different stages of colorectal cancer have different treatments. In St. Stamford Modern Cancer Hospital Guangzhou, our Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) will plan treatment for colorectal cancer patient base on their body conditions and cancer stage, size and the location of the tumor.