What is Colorectal Cancer?

Colorectal cancer is the out of control growth of cells in the colon or rectum. These cells grow into masses, or tumors.
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in men and women in the USA and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths.

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Abdominal cancers include adrenocortical tumors, carcinomas of the stomach, cancer of the pancreas, colorectal carcinomas, carcinoid tumors, and gastrointestinal stoma tumors.
Early screening can be lifesaving. Everyone 50 and over with Medicare are covered. If you are 40 and have a family history, ask your doctor.
Men and women alike get colon cancer; however, people at higher risk for developing colon cancer include those with a history of inflammatory bowel disease (including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease) and those with a family history of colon cancer.
The two most common inherited syndromes linked with colorectal cancer are familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and hereditary non-polyposis [ … ]