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What Are The Symptoms Of Potential Colon Cancer?
Hi my mother has been having bouts of rectal bleeding-approx. every 5 days. No pain, just a burning sensation. She has experienced this with and without a bowl movement.
Is this a common symptom for colon/rectal cancer on it's own? She is not feeling anything else. She does suffer from constipation for many years.
Is this a common symptom for colon/rectal cancer on it's own? She is not feeling anything else. She does suffer from constipation for many years.
Wed, 4 Mar 2015
All these symptoms do fit in the picture of colon cancer. However, there are a number of other non cancerous conditions that can also give rise to such a picture. What these symptoms warrant is further investigations to come to a diagnosis. So show your mother to a cancer surgeon and he will do the necessary investigations.
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