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    Recurrent Colon Cancer

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    Treatment for Recurrent Colon Cancer If a patient’s colon cancer returns, it is called a recurrence. Treatment options for recurrent colon cancer depend on whether the cancer recurs locally or in a distant site. If the cancer recurs locally, and it can be operated on, surgery will be used to remove the cancer. Surgery may be followed with chemotherapy. In cases where the cancer cannot be operated on, chemotherapy may be given first to try to shrink the tumor. If the chemotherapy is successful

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    Colon Cancer Disease Name: Colon Cancer Chromosome Number: #2 Locus Designation: 2p16 In the summer of 1993 researchers discovered a gene, known as MSH2, is lacking within colon cells. The MSH2 genes main function is to detect and correct small mutations that occur during cell division. The cause of colon cancer arises when this gene does not provide this protection to colon cells. This lack of protection causes multiple mutations within the colon cells until they become

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    Cancer is one of the most growing concern disease in most of developed countries. Especially here in USA. According to many study there are more 2 people out of five which are affected by cancer. Colon cancer is one of the most common cancer in the USA. According to study it is the third most common colon pathogenies in USA according American Cancer Society. The risk of exposing and developing colon cancer is very small and still the problem is very big. Every year several people lose their life

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    Disease Cancer is a disease that develops from uncontrolled cell growth. These cells are capable of invading neighboring or distant parts of the body through the circulatory system. A [benign] tumor, which is sometimes confused with cancer develops from uncontrolled cell growth, but does not spread to other parts of the body. Cancer is a large family of diseases and each one is distinct from the other. Colon cancer, one of the most common cancers in America, usually develops in gladular cells in

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    signs and symptoms of colon cancer are diarrhea and constipation that may last more than a few days. Also, cramping or belly pain, weakness, fatigue, and unintended weight loss. A medical professional diagnose the patient by finding something suspicious during a screening exam, if there are signs of colon cancer the doctor will recommend an exam. Some exams that can be done are a CT scan, colonoscopy, and biopsy, there are many more ways to find out if you have colon cancer. A CT scan is a scan

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    work out; at the time I was completing cosmetology school, while I was in school I met my best friend Stephen. Soon after we graduated he was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer, at 28 years old. At the time my life felt as it was in a whirl wind of bottled up emotion. Watching my friend go through all of the consequences that “cancer” has to offer has made my mind, body, and soul regrow into the person that I am today. When you sit sideline with someone going through all their chemo, blood testing

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    Cancer is a frightening topic, the National Cancer Institute states that “more women in America have died of [cancer] in the last two decades [than in WW1 and WW2 combined]”. It’s no wonder the word alone can bring anguish to many, there is still much we don’t understand about cancer. It wasn’t until recently that we began to noticed a trend of disease in my family. My grandmother Olga Losoya Suarez passed away in August of 2015 to colon cancer at the age of 75. As one can imagine this was devastating

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    found out my mother was diagnosed with Colon cancer. In the beginning my parents tried keeping everything from me, so I would not worry. But that only made it worst. I would carry that thought with me everywhere I’ll go. Making it harder and harder for me to concentrate in school. Cancer was like a new member of our family, nobody had ever really heard/had it. We did not know what was going to

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    Cancer is something that not only affects the person diagnosed with it, but also the people who know them. When my grandmother got colon cancer in 2008, the family was distraught with the news and didn’t know how to react. After she had died from cancer in 2009, I wasn’t aware of exactly what kind of cancer she had and how the severity was. I didn’t even know what each of the stages meant. After I found out what kind of cancer she had, I still wasn’t sure how it was caused, what kind of effects

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    Cancer is one of the top two leading causes of death today. According to estimates from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), in 2012 there were 14.1 million new cancer cases and 8.2 million cancer deaths worldwide. By 2030, there will have been 21.7 million new cancer cases and 13 million cancer deaths because of the unfavorable lifestyle. For instance, smoking, and poor are considered as a bad lifestyle that cause cancer; moreover, Colon cancer ( colorectal cancer ) is the third

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