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Colon Cancer : Causes

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  • No known cause

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Colon cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in the United States.(However, early diagnosis often leads to a complete cure.).There is no single cause for colon cancer.
Source:ADAM
Date:March 24, 2008
Colon Cancer
Causes of colon cancer are probably environmental in the sporadic cases,(80%), and genetic in the heredity predisposed cases(20%). Since malignant cells have a.changed genetic makeup, this means that in 80% of cases, the environment spontaneously ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Colon Cancer
Causes of colon cancer are probably environmental in the sporadic cases(80%) and genetic in the heredity predisposed cases(20%). Since malignant cells have a changed genetic makeup, this means that in 80% of cases, the environment spontaneously in...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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