colon cancer treatment
colon cancer treatment
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by Groshan Fabiola - 2006-12-30
Colon cancer is, as its name suggests, a disease that affects the colon. The colon is a tube shaped organ, located in the abdomen, that starts at the end of the bowel and ends with the anus. It twists...
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by Groshan Fabiola - 2007-01-02
After researchers discovered another colon cancer gene, the second so far, they concluded that they have found the causes of over 90 percent of the disease in its inherited form.Every year 156,000 peo...
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by Groshan Fabiola - 2007-01-02
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%.If you have been diagnosed...
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by Groshan Fabiola - 2007-01-02
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 o...
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by Groshan Fabiola - 2007-01-02
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. The study has shown that long-term vitamins use ...
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by Groshan Fabiola - 2007-03-08
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 th...
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by Groshan Fabiola - 2007-03-25
In order to decide what treatment is best for the patient the doctor will stage the cancer after it has been diagnosed to see how much it has affected the inner layers of the colon and if it has sprea...
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by SEBASTIAN PALMER - 2007-04-01
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 be...
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by Sebastian Palmer - 2007-04-01
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 beh...
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by Groshan Fabiola - 2007-04-14
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 tes...
