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All You Need to Know About mCRC Treatment

mCRC treatment is a medical procedure done to patients with metastatic colorectal cancer or mCRC. To further understand the effect of  mCRC treatment , it is necessary to define what this cancer is. So, what is mCRC? Metastasis is the process of spreading of cancer from the primary site to the other organs and places in the body. If a person has colorectal cancer and his or her tumours spread from the large bowel or rectal to the other parts of the body, the cancer is now called metastatic colorectal cancer or mCRC.   How does the tumour spread? The development of mCRC or colorectal cancer begins from the uncontrollable growth and division of cells in the large bowel or rectum wall. The cells form polyps, starting from the mucosa or the innermost layer. Over time, the polyps grow outward through the other layers. The cancer cells spread to the distant parts of the body by growing into blood vessels or lymph vessels, which are responsible for carrying away the waste f...