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COLON CANCER
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when healthy cells in the colon Treatment ted by
Symptoms
develop changes (mutations) in
their DNA. A cell's DNA contains a Surgery
set of instructions that tell a cell

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what to do. Screening colon cancer
radiation
Rectal bleeding or blood in your Old age
Healthy diet
stool
Transferred through Family history of colon
exercise
Persistent abdominal discomfort, cancer
such as cramps, gas or pain Low-fiber, high-fat diet
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contagious. A healthy at Inflammatory intestinal
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cancer from someone empty completely
who has it.  Diabetic
Weakness or fatigue
Smoking/alcohol intake
Unexplained weight loss Good prognosis

 If left untreated, it can grow big, it can cause obstruction, it can cause
Healthy cells grow and divide in an orderly way to keep your body functioning normally. But bleeding, and it can cause pain. If it grows in the other organs or even to some
when a cell's DNA is damaged and becomes cancerous, cells continue to divide — even when nerves depending on where in the colon the tumor actually is, so yes if left
new cells aren't needed. As the cells accumulate, they form a tumor. untreated it can cause a lot of problems  and can be fatal.

With time, the cancer cells can grow to invade and destroy normal tissue nearby. And cancerous
cells can travel to other parts of the body to form deposits there (metastasis).