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Sigmoid Colon Cancer Causes
The colon (together with the rectum) are part of the large intestine (bowel). The colon is a muscular tube that is about five feet long. It absorbs water and nutrients from food passing through. The rectum, the lower six inches of the digestive tract, ser......

Not Following The Colon Cancer Screening Guidelines May Delay Diagnosis
The second greatest number of cancer deaths is from colon cancer. Every year, about 48,000 people will die because of colon cancer. A large number of these deaths might be avoided with early detection and treatment through standard colon cancer testing in......

Colonoscopy Procedures- Risks and Dangers Involved
Dangers And Risks of Colonoscopy Procedures"What if you had to worry about giving your wife AIDS?" asked Wayne Craig, a 52-year-old U.S. Navy veteran who lives near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He is among the more than 10,000 veterans who were told they may ......

Blood In Stool - 7 Reasons Found In The Colon
Blood in stool is often discovered with some alarm, accompanied appropriately by exclamations of bloody (adjective, not expletive). Scarlet red dots of blood coat the stools. Crimson red blood besmirches the toilet tissue. Down the legs and into the toile......

Colon Cancer Kills Woman After Doctor Missed It During Three Colonoscopies
Men and women with a family background of colon cancer as well as people with symptoms are at higher risk of getting colon cancer. The main procedure used by doctors to check for colon cancer when an inidividual has a family history or reports a symptom, ......