By: Hirosh | 2008-11-18 | Health & Fitness Surgery: surgery is the most common treatment for colon cancer. There are many ways in which surgery is done depending on the nature (extent and stage) of the cancer. read more
By: Sebastian Palmer | 2007-04-01 | Health & Fitness Surgical procedures Your surgeon removes the part of your colon that contains the cancer, along with a margin of normal tissue on either side of the cancer to help ensure that no cancer is left behind. read more
By: john daniel | 2009-08-28 | Cancer Alternative Colon Cancer Treatment, find out why this therapy is being suppressed in the U.S. while more than 15,000 European doctors have been using it to heal millions of patients – and how you can use it read more
By: pankaj nagpal | 2009-07-22 | Health & Fitness Colon cancer is cancer of the large intestine (colon).Polyps may be small and produce few, if any, symptoms. Regular screening tests can help prevent colon cancer by identifying polyps before they become cancerous. If signs and symptoms of colon cancer do appear, they may include changes in bowel habits, blood in your stool, persistent cramping, gas or abdominal pain. Most cases of colon cancer begin as small, noncancerous (benign) clumps of cells called adenomatous polyps. Over time some of the read more
By: Juliet Cohen | 2008-08-19 | Cancer Colon cancer also called is colorectal cancer and large bowel cancer. Colon cancer is cancer that starts in the large intestine (colon) or the rectum (end of the colon). Colorectal cancer causes 655,000 deaths worldwide per year, including about 16,000 in the UK. read more
By: Paul Hata | 2008-08-02 | Cancer Colon cancer or colorectal cancer is one important cancer. In the western world, this cancer is considered as the third most common type of cancer and the second leading cause of death that are cancer-related. This type of cancer causes 655,000 deaths every year. read more
By: Groshan Fabiola | 2007-01-02 | Health & Fitness A very new study states that there is a correlation between smaller colon cancer rates and the use of vitamins A,E,C calcium, potassium and folic acid. read more
By: Groshan Fabiola | 2007-04-23 | Health & Fitness Colon cancer is thought to be the second most common of all cancer types. It usually affects men, but women can develop colon cancer as well. If detected in its primary stages, colon cancer can be cured very easy read more
By: Groshan Fabiola | 2007-04-16 | Health & Fitness Colon cancer is the type of cancer that usually has no symptoms. If colon cancer symptoms do appear in a person, it will be a little too late, because he/ she is probably in a very advanced stage of colon cancer. This is the reason why, most of the doctors recommend screening at least one a year. read more
By: Groshan Fabiola | 2007-05-10 | Health & Fitness At the start of each colon cancer screening a classification of the patient s level of risk must be made. This risk level for colon cancer must be made taking into consideration the patient s personal, family and medical history read more
By: Lena Butler | 2007-08-26 | Health & Fitness Upon hearing the diagnosis of colon cancer, a set of mixed emotions can flow that can make you feel overwhelmed and stress. You are pressed into a situation where everything suddenly seems uncertain. Forced to look over future financial concerns, the shock of knowing your condition can put you to a breaking point. The good news is, despite such worrying circumstances, this is a normal reaction of a cancer patient. The better news is the prospect of dealing with cancer should not discourage you read more
By: Groshan Fabiola | 2007-04-18 | Health & Fitness There are many methods to detect colon cancer, even tissues that seem suspicious, thus lowering the risk of developing colon cancer. If this type of cancer is detected in its early stages, the 5 year survival percentage in colon cancer patients is about ninety percent read more
By: Groshan Fabiola | 2007-03-08 | Health & Fitness Cancer is the name for a disease that can affect cells from all the organs and body’s structures and is considered to be life threatening. The colon and rectum are a part of the large intestine and their function is to absorb nutrients read more
By: Groshan Fabiola | 2007-04-14 | Health & Fitness Colon cancer is thought to be the second most common type of cancer, after lung cancer. The presence of polyps in the colon lead to colon cancer. There are several ways to detect colon cancer, all tests done at your doctor s office. read more
By: Groshan Fabiola | 2007-01-02 | Health & Fitness Over 100,000 people will find out that they have colon cancer just in the United States alone. Colon cancer is one of the most spread cancer types in the U.S. while being the second and third factor of cancer death. read more
By: Groshan Fabiola | 2007-01-03 | Health & Fitness Inherited colon cancer represents at about 5% of all the colon cancer cases. This type of cancer is caused by genetic abnormalities inherited from someone in you family. read more
By: Groshan Fabiola | 2007-01-02 | Health & Fitness Metastatic colon cancer is one of the leading causes of death from cancers and tumors in the USA and unfortunately the survival rate for those diagnosed with it is below 10%. read more