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Alternate Names : Cancer - Colon, Colorectal Cancer

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Calling Your Health Care Provider

Colon cancer is, in almost all cases, a treatable disease if caught early. Removal of premalignant polyps by colonoscopy essentially prevents colon cancer. Any man or woman age 50 or over who has not had a colonoscopy should call his or her physician to schedule one.

Additionally, call your physician if you develop blood in the stool (either visible blood or blood detected by a home fecal occult blood test), black tarry stool, or a change in bowel habits. However, it is important to emphasize that most people with colon cancer have no symptoms.

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Review Date : 2/3/2003
Reviewed By : Robert J. Green, M.D., M.S.C.E., Division of Oncology, Good Samaritan Medical Center, West Palm Beach, FL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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