Colon Cancer

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Colon Cancer

What is it? How and why it happens?

Colon cancer is a form of cancer that starts in the large intestine and spreads across the body (colon). The colon is the last section of the digestive system.

Colon cancer is more common in older people, but it can strike anyone at any age. It typically starts as polyps, which are tiny, noncancerous (benign) clumps of cells that grow on the inside of the colon. Any of these polyps can develop into colon cancer over time.

Small polyps can produce few, if any, symptoms. As a result, physicians advise routine screening tests to help avoid colon cancer by detecting and eliminating polyps until they become cancerous.

If colon cancer grows, a variety of therapies, including surgery, radiation therapy, and drug treatments such as chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy, are available to help monitor it.

Colon cancer is also known as colorectal cancer, a concept that combines colon cancer with rectal cancer, which starts in the rectum.

The following are some of the signs and symptoms of colon cancer :

A change in your bowel habits, such as diarrhoea or constipation, or a change in the consistency of your stool, that persists.
Blood in the faeces or rectal bleeding
Consistent stomach pain, such as cramps, gas, or bloating
Feeling as if your bowels aren’t absolutely clean
Weakness or exhaustion
Weight loss that isn’t clarified

In the early stages of colon cancer, many people have no signs or symptoms. Symptoms would likely vary based on the extent and position of the cancer in your large intestine.

In general, colon cancer develops as the DNA of healthy colon cells undergoes mutations. The DNA of a cell contains instructions that tell it what to do.

Healthy cells divide and expand in a regular pattern to keep the body running smoothly. When a cell’s DNA is destroyed and it becomes cancerous, however, the cell continues to divide despite the fact that new cells aren’t needed. When the cells accumulate, they form a tumor.

Cancer cells may develop large enough to invade and kill normal tissue nearby over time. Furthermore, cancerous cells have the ability to migrate to other areas of the body and create deposits there (metastasis).

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