Treatment

Treatment for Colorectal cancers may include endoscopic intervention (where the problem is treated during an endoscopy), surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, any combination of the above, or indeed, you may choose to have no treatment.

Your treatment options will be considered at the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meeting, where consultants from all the associated fields of medicine will combine their knowledge to produce the best possible treatment plan for you. When appropriate, we work with the teams in Poole, Dorchester, Salisbury, Southampton, Basingstoke and Manchester hospitals to co-ordinate your treatment, which may be changed according to your own wishes or depending upon your response to any treatment so far. At every step, you can discuss your treatment with your cancer nurse specialist, your doctors or anyone else involved in your care - and if you have questions, you must ask.