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Know Your Colon Cancer
Cancer colorectal otherwise known as Ca. Colon or Bowel Cancer is a form of malignancy that occurs in the colon, rectum, and appendix (appendix). In developed countries, cancer is ranked the third most frequent, and became the leading cause of death in the western world. To find it required an act which is called the colonoscopy, whereas for treatment is surgery followed by chemotherapy.
Symptoms
At first the symptoms are not obvious, such as body weight decreased (as a common symptom of malignancy) and unexplained fatigue. After going some time before other symptoms appear related to the presence of tumor in a meaningful size in the colon. The closer the location of the tumor to the anal symptoms usually increase. When we talk about the symptoms of colon tumors, the symptoms are divided into three, namely local symptoms, general symptoms, and symptoms spread (metastasis).