What is colorectal cancer?
Colorectal cancer is cancer that develops in the tissues of the colon or rectum. Your colon and rectum are part of your digestive system:
- Your colon is the first and longest part of your large intestine. It absorbs water and some nutrients from foods. It also changes the leftover waste products into stool (poop).
- Your rectum is the lower part of your large intestine. It's where your body stores stool.
Cancer that begins in the colon is called colon cancer, and cancer that begins in the rectum is called rectal cancer. Cancer that affects either of these parts may also be called colorectal cancer.
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- Colorectal Cancer (National Library of Medicine)... polyposis (FAP) or Lynch syndrome (hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer). Having chronic ulcerative colitis or Crohn disease for 8 years or more. Having three or more alcoholic ...
- Colorectal Cancer/Statistics and Research ... Colorectal Cancer ... Colonoscopy/Statistics and Research ... Colonoscopy ... National Cancer Institute ... From the National Institutes ...
- Colorectal Cancer/Diagnosis and Tests ... Colorectal Cancer ... Learn about the methods used to screen for colorectal cancer. This fact sheet also discusses the ...
- ... Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Colorectal Cancer Statistics; [reviewed 2021 Jun 8; cited 2022 Mar 12]; [about 1 screen]. Available ...
- Treating Colorectal Cancer (Colorectal Cancer Coalition) - PDFColorectal Cancer/Living With ... Colorectal Cancer ... Colorectal Cancer Coalition ... PDF
- ... their colorectal cancer risk. Listen to learn more! Colorectal Cancer Screening If you’ve had IBD symptoms for 8 to 10 years or longer, you should have ...
- Surgery for Ulcerative Colitis (Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America)Ulcerative Colitis/Treatments and Therapies ... Ulcerative Colitis ... Living with a chronic illness like ulcerative colitis often means several approaches to treatment. ...
- Cancer/Related Issues ... Cancer ... National Cancer Institute ... From the National Institutes of Health ... A fact sheet that summarizes the results of studies about cruciferous ...
- ... the k-ras G12C mutation in MYH polyposis colorectal adenomas. Br J Cancer. 2004 Apr 19;90(8):1591-3. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601747. ... MYH-associated polyposis follows a distinct genetic pathway. Cancer Res. 2003 Nov ... Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2004 Aug;2(8):633-8. doi: 10.1016/s1542-3565(04) ...
- Intestinal Complications of IBD (Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America) - PDFCrohn's Disease/Living With ... Crohn's Disease ... Ulcerative Colitis/Living With ... Ulcerative Colitis ... Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America ... PDF
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