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Colon Cancer : Causes

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Causes could include:
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. Almost all colon cancer starts in glands in the lining...
Source:ADAM
Date:November 5, 2009
Causes 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 spont...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of 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 Medicine
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