| things you need to know about colon cancer |
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alica80
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Posted: 18 Sep 2008 08:26 am |
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The earliest symptoms colon cancer almost always go undetected and unnoticed by most people and it is these innocuous origins that cause the disease to spread unchecked. Colon cancer is now the second leading cause of death amongst all cancers.
People over fifty years old run a high-risk of developing colorectal cancer and need to be aware about the symptoms of colon cancer. One needs to be screened soon enough as this disease develops in stages, and the sooner the diagnosis is done, the better one's chances are.
The most common of all symptoms that are seen in someone who is suffering from colon cancer include changes in bowel movements or changes in regularity, presence of blood in the stool or bleeding from the rectum. Others symptoms that could occur include vomiting, weakness and loss of appetite, pain or cramps in the abdomen, stomach pain, as well as jaundice. The most characteristic of all colon cancer symptoms is the very absence of any symptom at all. Most symptoms occur in an advanced stage of the disease, and depend on the location of the growth.
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