Colon Cancer Is The Main Cause Of Colon Cancer

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Colon cancer is a type of cancer that's located in your digestive tract’s of the lower end.I pick colon cancer because my uncle used to have it . And I saw the pain and suffering he went through and I never really understood. So now that I got a chance to write about it here's some facts About colon cancer,the main cause of getting colon cancer is a syndrome called lynch, lynch syndrome is an dominant genetic condition that has a high risk of colon cancer as well as the other cancers.
To be tested for colon cancer the doctor used colonoscopy which allowed the doctors to look inside the entire rectium and colon where the patient is sedated. To look for symptoms for colon cancer you can have belly pains or cramping, rectal bleeding , weight loss

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