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COLON CANCER is more commonly known as bowel cancer, this is where there is a malignant growth in the colon. Early symptoms of COLON CANCER can include a change in bowel movements either constipation or diahoerria , pain in the lower abdomen, blood mixed in with the faeces. These symptoms are fairly mundane, so often go un-noticed causing the tumor to grow undetected, inperticulally as people still find it hard to discuss there bowel movements with anybody especially there Doctor. Occasionally there are no symptoms until the tumor has got so large that it causes a blockage in the intestine or Could possibly even perforate the intestine. Some forms of COLON CANCER can be genetic/hereditary however in some cases of COLON CANCER the precise reason people Contract the disease is unknown. Diet may be cause of COLON CANCER, eating a lot of meat, too much fatty foods and not enough fiber, fruit and vegetables all add up to a un-healthy diet so increasing the risk of COLON CANCER.

The tests carried out to diagnose COLON CANCER include a sigmoidoscopy or a colonoscopy. A sigmoidoscopy is when a camera is inserted into the anus to examine the rectum and the sigmoid colon. A colonoscopy is when a flexible fibre-optic camera Called a colonscope is put into the body via the anus and fed along the colon. Instruments may be fed down the colonscope So this is how a biopsy would be performed. COLON CANCER can often occur with other diseases of the colon, for example ulcerative colitis.