Colorectal Cancer Strikes About 150,000 Americans and Kills about 57,000 Each Year.

Do you need surgery to remove part of your colon?

(PRWEB) December 25, 2004 -- Recent studies have found that more than 90 percent of patients diagnosed early survive for five years or more. But the numbers quickly fall to about 50 percent if the disease is diagnosed at a later stage when it has spread locally. Fewer than 1 percent pf patients survive for five years if the cancer is widely spread by the time it's discovered.

Polys can be one of the earliest signs of cancer, particularly if they are large and of certain types. Doctors recommend having polyps removed as soon as possible since precancerous one can become malignant.

Colon cancer claims the lives of more than 50,000 men and women a year in the United States. Colon Cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in America. Early prevention may lower your risk of colorectal cancer with early-detection tests, Americans who take asprin regularly may reduce their risk of cancer. Exercise and weight control, eating habits such as a low-fat, high fiber diet would lower the chances of developing colon cancer.

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