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Colon Cancer
When cancer develops in the cells lining the colon(first part of the large intestine.)Usually when a person inherits a defective gene it does not necessarily mean he or she will develop a malignant cancer.
First doctors stage the disease to see how far it has progressed. If the Cancer has not spread to other tissues of the body it can be treated with . . . -Fecal occult blood test(fobt) -Flexible sigmoidosocopy -Double Contrast barium enema(dcba) -Colonoscopy DNA based tool test
The symptoms : -Diarrhea or constipation, -Blood in the stool -Vomitting -Bloating -Cramps -Weight loss.
When a patient shows symptoms of colon cancers, his or her doctor can screen for the diease using one of several test.
