Can rectal cancer liver metastases be treated with chemotherapy?

Patient's question:

A while ago, I felt various discomforts in my body. When I went to the hospital for a check-up, I was told that it was a tumor disease. I was very worried about how long I could live. Can rectal cancer with liver metastasis be treated with chemotherapy?

Doctor's answer:

If it happens again, it would be chemotherapy and radiation therapy. This is also very difficult to achieve complete remission, so it can only be said to slow down life. Therefore, it is necessary to choose based on the patient's specific physical condition. If the patient's physical condition is already poor, then even chemotherapy and radiation therapy would be very difficult to tolerate. Because chemotherapy and radiation therapy have the effect of killing cancer cells, they also have a certain impact on normal cells.

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