{"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\/pt\/services\/cancer-care\/colon-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancro colorrectal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Diagn\u00f3stico e tratamento colorrectal na Southcoast Health<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>O cancro colorrectal \u00e9 o terceiro cancro mais comum depois do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/cancer-care\/skin-cancer\/\">cancro da pele<\/a> tanto em homens como em mulheres. O americano m\u00e9dio tem um risco de cerca de 5% de desenvolver cancro do c\u00f3lon durante a sua vida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A grande maioria (95%) dos cancros do c\u00f3lon s\u00e3o adenocarcinomas. Estes cancros desenvolvem-se lentamente ao longo de 10 a 15 anos. Surgem nas c\u00e9lulas das gl\u00e2ndulas que produzem o muco lubrificante do c\u00f3lon e do reto, mas come\u00e7am como p\u00f3lipos n\u00e3o cancerosos no revestimento do c\u00f3lon ou do reto. O seu m\u00e9dico pode verificar a exist\u00eancia de p\u00f3lipos atrav\u00e9s de testes de rastreio como um <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/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=\"Dr. Watson sobre o rastreio do cancro do c\u00f3lon\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saiba mais sobre as nossas op\u00e7\u00f5es de diagn\u00f3stico e tratamento para pacientes com cancro do c\u00f3lon em Fall River e Fairhaven, MA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/\">procurar um m\u00e9dico<\/a> perto de si hoje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-risk-factors-causes\">Factores de risco e causas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Os especialistas ainda n\u00e3o compreendem totalmente as causas do cancro do c\u00f3lon. Qualquer pessoa pode ter cancro do c\u00f3lon, mas certos factores de risco aumentam a probabilidade de o desenvolver, incluindo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ra\u00e7a afro-americana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Idade - 90% dos cancros do c\u00f3lon ocorrem em pessoas com 50 anos ou mais<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hist\u00f3ria familiar ou pessoal de p\u00f3lipos ou cancro colorrectal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gen\u00e9tica - 5 a 10% dos cancros do c\u00f3lon est\u00e3o relacionados com muta\u00e7\u00f5es em genes e s\u00edndromes gen\u00e9ticos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Antecedentes pessoais de doen\u00e7a inflamat\u00f3ria intestinal - colite ulcerosa e doen\u00e7a de Crohn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diabetes tipo 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Os factores relacionados com o estilo de vida, como a obesidade, a falta de exerc\u00edcio f\u00edsico, o tabagismo, a m\u00e1 alimenta\u00e7\u00e3o e o consumo excessivo de \u00e1lcool, tamb\u00e9m podem aumentar o risco de desenvolver cancro do c\u00f3lon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-are-colon-cancer-symptoms\">Quais s\u00e3o os sintomas do cancro colorrectal?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>O rastreio detecta precocemente muitos cancros do c\u00f3lon, muitas vezes antes do in\u00edcio dos sintomas. De facto, o rastreio regular evita muitas vezes o desenvolvimento do cancro do c\u00f3lon ao detetar p\u00f3lipos antes de estes se tornarem cancerosos. H\u00e1 uma variedade de m\u00e9todos de rastreio, por isso fale com o seu m\u00e9dico sobre as suas op\u00e7\u00f5es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quando se desenvolvem sintomas de cancro do c\u00f3lon, estes podem incluir<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>C\u00f3licas ou dores abdominais<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fezes com sangue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Altera\u00e7\u00f5es dos h\u00e1bitos intestinais, como diarreia, obstipa\u00e7\u00e3o, altera\u00e7\u00f5es da consist\u00eancia ou estreitamento das fezes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sensa\u00e7\u00e3o de esvaziamento incompleto ap\u00f3s um movimento intestinal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hemorragia rectal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cansa\u00e7o ou fraqueza<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perda de peso e perda de apetite<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Estes sintomas s\u00e3o os mesmos de muitas outras doen\u00e7as, como as hemorr\u00f3idas. Consulte o seu m\u00e9dico para obter o diagn\u00f3stico correto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-treatment-options-for-our-colon-cancer-patients-in-ma-ri\">Op\u00e7\u00f5es de tratamento para os nossos doentes com cancro colorrectal em MA e RI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/surgical-services\/colorectal-surgery\/\">Cirurgia<\/a> \u00e9 o tratamento mais comum para todas as fases do cancro do c\u00f3lon. O seu m\u00e9dico pode tamb\u00e9m recomendar as seguintes op\u00e7\u00f5es de tratamento padr\u00e3o:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/cancer-care\/chemotherapy-drug-therapy\/\">Quimioterapia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/cancer-care\/radiation-therapy-technology\/\">Radia\u00e7\u00e3o<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Terapia dirigida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A dete\u00e7\u00e3o precoce do cancro colorrectal oferece a melhor hip\u00f3tese de cura. Os tratamentos actuais s\u00e3o mais eficazes do que nunca - mais de um milh\u00e3o de americanos s\u00e3o sobreviventes do cancro do c\u00f3lon. Proteja a sa\u00fade do seu c\u00f3lon ou encontre um tratamento fi\u00e1vel para o cancro do c\u00f3lon em Fall River, Fairhaven, nos Southcoast Health Cancer Centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Southcoast Health oferece uma equipa experiente de cirurgi\u00f5es, m\u00e9dicos e pessoal especializado em cuidados oncol\u00f3gicos, incluindo cancro colorrectal, no sudeste de Massachusetts e 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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