cancer of the bowel
Posted by admin on Apr 7, 2009
cancer of the bowel
Colon cancer or colorectal cancer, as it is commonly called is a cancer that goes after the cells surrounding the intestine itself. This cancer is very curable if detected and treated early. And from the first treatment is the key here. If it becomes advanced the chances of successful remission of this cancer are smaller.
Basically what happens in cancer of the intestine, is not what is known as a mutation occurs. The new cells that bind to genes begin to be controlled, and therefore a number of cells accumulating forming cancer. The polyps are really what you call these formations, and at this stage of pre-cancer called an adenoma in medical terms. Polyps can be removed by colonoscopy if they are in time. If not found quickly, the training of polyps continue to grow and continues until they become lodged in the colon, which are cancer growth environment there. So what explains why a colonoscopy is good preventive care.
Once these cancerous polyps are now, you start noticing the symptoms. The main thing you'll see a person is bleeding rectum.
There are some cancers Colon did not really have a polyp stage, but from a prejudice in place. These cancers are often injured on the right side of the colon.
If colon cancer is progressing, then cancer cells that have will move away from the tumor grows, and bind to other places like the liver and lymph nodes nodes. At this stage it is very serious because the cancer has metastasized, and it is easier to cure or placed in a state of remission.
Since bowel cancer continues to advance the person who it is that blood in the stool, but things such as vomiting, and a blockade causes abdominal pain is very severe. Anemia is defined air, since there is a loss of blood in the stool, and the person with this condition is very bad.
In diagnosing the problem, the doctor DRE will be first. Then, using an instrument called a sigmoidoscope, take a piece of an examination of the biopsy tissue. To go further, however, a gastroenterologist evidence does barium enema process. The intestine is operated so that all details of the show. The entire procedure takes about half an hour.
If colon cancer is present, then treatment options will be exposed. Chemotherapy is an option, and in other cases they may do surgery to remove the offending bowel tumor. In some cases, we must set a temporary colostomy for the person concerned, or if the cancer was very invasive in the colon may be necessary to remove the entire colon and leave a permanent colostomy.
Prevention is the key when in cancer. colon as I said earlier here, be sure to undergo colonoscopy exams to get rid of the polyps that cause cancer in the first place.
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could have colon cancer at age 34?
In recent years, I assumed I had the syndrome irritable bowel and sometimes when I go to the bathroom can be very painful but the pain disappeared after my needs, but there are some weeks, it happened again but this time it was very painful and I had enough blood, sometimes it was just blood and sometimes when I went to the bathroom. for a week I felt very tired, breathless, said it was due to blood loss. But later 3wks I have a lot of back and abdominal pain in my lower left, I feel very bloated after eating, and I find that I can not eat as much as before too. I feel exhausted. I am very scared that this could be colon cancer? I'm due for a colonoscopy soon but wondered if someone could help me, maybe someone who crosses the same thing? my examination of blood levels are good and feces were negative. could still be cancer?? PLS HELP. thank you: 0)
Of course, everything is possible but very unlikely, especially when there is so much more probable I'm not sure where to get the idea. I think your doctor told you how much your low risk. The diagnosis is not about to check symptoms and so many people seem to regard the Internet and to do so. Patients who visit their doctor and everyone unsure of their diagnosis. As explain your symptoms are not typical of colon cancer and less than 1% occur at his age. About 1.5% of rectal cancers occur at his age but many are associated with HPV and most common among men. Colonoscopies are used to evaluate issues not only in colon cancer.
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