Colorectal Cancer

Colorectal Cancer Screening: Questions and Answers
Key Points
Colorectal cancer is a disease in which cells in the colon or rectum become abnormal and divide without normal control or order, forming a mass called a tumor (see Question 1).
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Colorectal cancer family history: See: Colon cancer family history.
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In some individuals, these polyps eventually become cancerous and develop into colorectal cancer.
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Colorectal cancer is a common type of cancer in the United States. It is the second most common cause of death from cancer in the country.
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Treating Colorectal Cancer
New Downside to Diabetes: Colorectal Cancer
Crohn's Disease and Colitis: A Higher Risk for Colorectal Cancer?
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: Cancer - Colon, Colorectal Cancer
Definition
The colon and rectum are part of the large intestine (large bowel). Colon and rectum cancers, which are sometimes referred to together as "colorectal cancer," arise from the lining of the large intestine.
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Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer
Dr Trisha Macnair
In Britain about one person in 50 will develop cancer of the bowel during their lifetime, and one in 50 of these will have hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC).
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Colorectal cancer; Cancer - colon
Prevention:
Approximately 50,000 people die of colon cancer every year. Yet, colon cancer can almost always be caught in its earliest and most curable stages by colonoscopy.
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Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States.
Colon cancer develops from growths within the wall of the intestine such as polyps or tumors.
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Levin, Bernard. Colorectal Cancer: A Thorough and Compassionate Resource for Patients and Their Families. New York: Villard, 1999.
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The procedures for colorectal cancer screening are not nearly as uncomfortable as many people think they are. The degree of discomfort in most cases has to do with the preparation prior to the procedure.
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Task Force Targets Colorectal Cancer
The Northwest Ohio Colorectal Cancer Task Force is a comprehensive cancer control effort to promote colorectal cancer screening...more ...
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Colorectal Cancer (Colorectal Cancer)
Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Polyps
Coma
Common COLD (Colds)
Communication Disorders in Children (Language Disorders in Children)
Compartment Syndrome
Complete Abortion (Miscarriage) ...
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Colorectal cancer
- diagnosis and treatment
- metastatic
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Colorectal surgery; discharge instructions (pdf file)
Colostomy
Colposcopy of vagina and cervix *
Coma, diabetic *
Common bile duct exploration
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Factors that increase a person's risk for developing colorectal cancer include a family history of the disease, a personal history of colon polyps or ulcerative colitis, or both.
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A case-control study was carried out in Harbin city to assess the role of diet in the aetiology of colorectal cancer.
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Eloxatin (oxaliplatin; a.k.a. L-OHP) Proposed indication: first-line treatment of patients with advanced colorectal cancer in combination with 5-FU-based chemotherapy.
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And, if we focus just on cancer deaths in women, ovarian cancer ranks fourth -- with only lung, breast and colorectal cancer claiming more victims.
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Dietary fibre and colorectal adenoma in a colorectal cancer early detection programme research paper ...
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A monoclonal antibody used in the treatment of colorectal cancer that has spread. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. It may prevent the growth of new blood vessels from surrounding tissue to a solid tumor.
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Bleeding hemorrhoids, colon polyps, or (rarely) colorectal cancer. (Hemorrhoids and polyps rarely cause abdominal pain.)
See a doctor promptly.
In a woman: dull, constant pain in the lower abdomen along with vaginal discharge and fever.
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"This study demonstrates that hepatic arterial infusion therapy extends survival and improves quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver," study lead author Dr. Nancy E.
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For example, mutations in either of two genes, MSH2 and MLH1, can predispose a person to hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). People in HNPCC families can undergo blood tests that can tell them whether they have an affected gene.
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
Crohn's disease
Ulcerative colitis
Anorectal abscess
Infectious colitis (infection of the colon)
Colorectal cancer or tumors
Radiation proctitis or colitis (inflammation of the colon or rectum from radiation) ...
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