Colon cancer: Risk factors, symptoms, and treatment 7 Articles

by Furious Lee

Colorectal cancer is a pain in the butt. This category of cancer is the fifth most common malignancy in the United States behind nonmelanoma skin cancers, prostate, breast and lung. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) esti...read more

by Alice M Crawford Md

Colon Cancer Colon cancer is a disease in which cancerous [malignant] cells form in the tissues of the colon, which is the lower part of our digestive system, commonly referred to as the GI [gastrointestinal] system...read more

by Jerry Van Raalte

My mother died from cancer in 1988. She had been diagnosed with colon cancer in 1985, had it successfully removed, however, it had had a chance to spread to her liver. It is a horrible thing to watch your mother, at the ...read more

by Robin Wroten

Colon cancer is truly a pain. When I was diagnosed two years ago at age 36 I was told " Wow 36 year old women are not supposed to get colon cancer." Well guess what? I did. Colon cancer has taken the lives of too many pe...read more

by Dorothy Wilde

Colon cancer is common cancer encountered between the age groups of 60-80years in the UK and US. The most common symptoms of colon cancer are: Sudden change in bowel habits. Sudden appearance of constipation or diarrhea ...read more

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by Heather Moore

Beef: It's What's Rotting in Your Colon March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colorectal (colon and rectal) cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States. It has been widely linked to the c...read more

by ink pen

If colon cancer is detected early, it is most likely curable. If not, even in stage three, as with my diagnoses and treatment there is much hope. However following surgery and my first chemo, I was admitted to the hospital...read more