There are several choices for colon cancer screening that one can choose from. Flexible sigmoidoscopy, FOBT, a combination between those two, colonoscopy or barium ***** are the screening options for colon cancer. As you can imagine, all these options have their advantages and disadvantages. These can differ from a colon patient to another. There are [...]

An increasing number of people are diagnosed with colon cancer and research studies are now underway on finding a treatment and ways on how best to prevent it from developing. Colon cancer usually starts in the large intestine and from dead cells that have been accumulated in a lump over a period of time. You [...]

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.The presence of polyps in your colon should not be so frightening, because [...]

There are several known factors that increase the risk of a person developing colon cancer. These factors can be split into two categories: the ones that you can have control over and the second category those that you have no control over.What you eat can make a difference in developing colon cancer. As you can [...]

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. This classification is necessary to determine the most appropriate method of screening for colon cancer.The [...]