Lewismark+Colon+Cancer

Colon Cancer Colon cancer when mechanisms that regulate cell growth stop working. Cells divide out of control to form tumors. Once the cancer develops in the cells lining the colon (the first part of the large intestine) colon cancer begins.
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Colon cancer is a genetic trait or something that humans can carry and can be passed down to the humans’ offspring. So, if no one in your family carries the gene your chances of getting colon cancer are slim to none. Although not large, a person has a 20 to 25 percent chance of inheriting colon cancer. Then, you have case, around 5 percent, of people who inherit a genetic abnormality that //causes// colon cancer. You have a greater risk of getting colon cancer if you have a strong family history of either colon cancer or adenomatous polyps.

Colon cancer affects a person’s stomach and bowels, so symptoms relate to the digestive system. Some symptoms are diarrhea or constipation, blood in the stool, vomiting, bloating, cramps, and weight loss.
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The doctor can diagnose by screening for the disease, using one of several tests: ( FOBT) Fecal Occult Blood Test, Flexible- Sigmoidoscopy, (DCBA) Double Contrast Barium Enema, Colonoscopy, and DNA-Based stool (waste) test. All these test show, in different ways, if a person has colon cancer.

The doctor, first, stages the disease, or in other words checks on how far the cancer has spread and/or worsened. If the cancer has not spread to other tissues of the body, it can be treated with two different ways. One is by chemotherapy(special chemical) or radiation(powerful x-ray) that kills all cells that are rapidly dividing and the cancer cells, as well. The other way is to surgically remove the polyps (a swollen mass) and/or cancerous part of the colon.
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Different diets are being conducted to help treat colon cancer. A healthy diet is a key element if you have this disease. Now to help prevent colon cancer, more promotion of colonoscopies is being advertised by doctors. When getting a colonoscopy your doctor completely cleans out your colon to prevent caking on the inside of the colon. Also, this gives your doctor a clear look of the internal lining of the colon, to make sure everything is good and as it should be. Getting a colonoscopy on a regular or at least on a schedule is a big way to prevent colon cancer.
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(HNPCC) Hereditary Non Polyposis Colorectal Cancer is the most common form of hereditary colon cancer. HNPCC is when cancerous polyps begin to form before your twenty years old and mostly form on the right side of the colon. The only reason it says Non Polyposis is so that it’s not confused with FAP where there are hundreds of polyps developed in the colon, where in this one its few. A person with HNPCC, on average, have full-blown cancer around age forty-five, but a person without a hereditary risk of colon cancer, or HNPCC for that matter, who carries the colon cancer gene may get cancer at around age sixty-three.
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">University of Utah: **[]** //__<span style="color: black; font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Colorectal Cancer __//**<span style="color: black; font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">By: Mark Bennett Pochapin,M.D **
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