{"id":17550,"date":"2025-07-08T11:10:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/services\/cancer-care\/colon-cancer\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T10:06:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:06:43","slug":"colon-cancer","status":"publish","type":"services","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/cancer-care\/colon-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e1ncer colorrectal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Diagn\u00f3stico y tratamiento colorrectal en Southcoast Health<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>El c\u00e1ncer colorrectal es el tercer c\u00e1ncer m\u00e1s frecuente despu\u00e9s del <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/cancer-care\/skin-cancer\/\">c\u00e1ncer de piel<\/a> tanto en hombres como en mujeres. El estadounidense medio tiene un riesgo aproximado de 5% de desarrollar c\u00e1ncer de colon a lo largo de su vida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La gran mayor\u00eda (95%) de los c\u00e1nceres de colon son adenocarcinomas. Estos c\u00e1nceres se desarrollan lentamente a lo largo de 10 a 15 a\u00f1os. Se originan en las c\u00e9lulas de las gl\u00e1ndulas que producen la mucosidad lubricante del colon y el recto, pero empiezan como p\u00f3lipos no cancerosos en el revestimiento del colon o el recto. Su m\u00e9dico puede detectar p\u00f3lipos mediante pruebas de cribado como un <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/know-the-risk\/\">colonoscopia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/813330411?h=2517830029&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"El Dr. Watson habla de las pruebas de detecci\u00f3n del c\u00e1ncer de colon\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Obtenga m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre nuestras opciones de diagn\u00f3stico y tratamiento para pacientes con c\u00e1ncer de colon en Fall River y Fairhaven, MA por <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/\">encontrar un m\u00e9dico<\/a> cerca de usted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-risk-factors-causes\">Factores de riesgo y causas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Los expertos no comprenden del todo las causas del c\u00e1ncer de colon. Cualquiera puede padecer c\u00e1ncer de colon, pero ciertos factores de riesgo aumentan la probabilidad de desarrollarlo, entre ellos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Raza afroamericana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edad - 90% de los c\u00e1nceres de colon se producen en personas de 50 a\u00f1os o m\u00e1s<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antecedentes familiares o personales de p\u00f3lipos o c\u00e1ncer colorrectal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gen\u00e9tica - entre 5 y 10% de los c\u00e1nceres de colon est\u00e1n relacionados con mutaciones en genes y s\u00edndromes gen\u00e9ticos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antecedentes personales de enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal: colitis ulcerosa y enfermedad de Crohn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diabetes de tipo 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Los factores relacionados con el estilo de vida, como la obesidad, la falta de ejercicio, el tabaquismo, la mala alimentaci\u00f3n y el consumo excesivo de alcohol, tambi\u00e9n pueden aumentar el riesgo de padecer c\u00e1ncer de colon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-are-colon-cancer-symptoms\">\u00bfCu\u00e1les son los s\u00edntomas del c\u00e1ncer colorrectal?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>El cribado detecta precozmente muchos c\u00e1nceres de colon, a menudo antes de que aparezcan los s\u00edntomas. De hecho, los cribados peri\u00f3dicos suelen prevenir la aparici\u00f3n del c\u00e1ncer de colon al detectar los p\u00f3lipos antes de que se vuelvan cancerosos. Existen varios m\u00e9todos de cribado, as\u00ed que hable con su m\u00e9dico sobre sus opciones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cuando se desarrollan s\u00edntomas de c\u00e1ncer de colon, pueden incluir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Calambres o dolor abdominal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heces con sangre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cambios en los h\u00e1bitos intestinales, como diarrea, estre\u00f1imiento, cambios en la consistencia o estrechamiento de las heces.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sensaci\u00f3n de vaciado incompleto despu\u00e9s de defecar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hemorragia rectal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cansancio o debilidad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>P\u00e9rdida de peso y de apetito<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Estos s\u00edntomas son los mismos que los de muchas otras afecciones, como las hemorroides. Consulte a su m\u00e9dico para el diagn\u00f3stico correcto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-treatment-options-for-our-colon-cancer-patients-in-ma-ri\">Opciones de tratamiento para nuestros pacientes con c\u00e1ncer colorrectal en MA y RI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/surgical-services\/colorectal-surgery\/\">Cirug\u00eda<\/a> es el tratamiento m\u00e1s habitual para todos los estadios del c\u00e1ncer de colon. Su m\u00e9dico tambi\u00e9n puede recomendarle las siguientes opciones de tratamiento est\u00e1ndar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/cancer-care\/chemotherapy-drug-therapy\/\">Quimioterapia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/cancer-care\/radiation-therapy-technology\/\">Radiaci\u00f3n<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Terapia dirigida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>La detecci\u00f3n precoz del c\u00e1ncer colorrectal ofrece las mejores posibilidades de curaci\u00f3n. Los tratamientos actuales son m\u00e1s eficaces que nunca: m\u00e1s de un mill\u00f3n de estadounidenses son supervivientes de c\u00e1ncer de colon. Proteja la salud de su colon o encuentre un tratamiento fiable para el c\u00e1ncer de colon en Fall River, Fairhaven en los Southcoast Health Cancer Centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Southcoast Health ofrece un experimentado equipo de cirujanos, m\u00e9dicos y personal especializado en la atenci\u00f3n oncol\u00f3gica, incluido el c\u00e1ncer colorrectal, en el sureste de Massachusetts y Rhode Island.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorectal Diagnosis &amp; Treatment at Southcoast Health Colorectal Cancer is the third most common cancer after skin cancer in both men and women. 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