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Surgery

Source: Colon Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, National Cancer Institute.

Source updated: February 12, 2025 · Captured 2026-09-09.

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Context: Treatment of Stage IV and Recurrent Colon Cancer / Treatment Options for Stage IV and Recurrent Colon Cancer

For patients with locally recurrent and/or liver-only and/or lung-only metastatic disease, surgical resection, if feasible, is the only potentially curative treatment.

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