Frontiers in Oncology (Feb 2024)

Case report: Successful treatment of advanced colon cancer in an eighty-year-old man with long-term and multi-stage endoscopic minimally invasive therapy

  • Nana Zhang,
  • Lulu Zhu,
  • Yan Liu,
  • Xiaolong Chen,
  • Bifang Zhang,
  • Chunhong Wen,
  • Huayu Zhang,
  • Qinglin Tang,
  • Mingqing Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2024.1367173
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14

Abstract

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BackgroundNo previous studies have reported on the use of minimally invasive endoscopic therapy for colon cancer in older patients.Case presentationAn 80-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with haematochezia and diagnosed with advanced colon cancer in 2018. Traditional surgical care was rejected by his family. We successfully treated the patient with multiple minimally invasive endoscopic therapies, such as argon plasma coagulation, from 2018 to 2021.ConclusionInvasive endoscopic therapy is a feasible way to treat colon cancer in older patients.

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