21st July 2023

A 58-year-old man presents with 10kg of unintentional weight loss and generalised abdominal pain

A 58-year-old man presents with 10kg of unintentional weight loss and generalised abdominal pain. Following an urgent 2-week wait referral to gastroenterology, a left-sided colon adenocarcinoma is diagnosed. His staging CT scan shows locally advanced disease without metastatic spread (stage 2). He undergoes a colectomy with stoma formation. On review in the gastroenterology clinic, he asks about his ongoing follow up.

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