Colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer: Introduction

Colorectal cancer refers to cancer of the colon (bowel) or cancer of the rectum, depending on the region affected. It is an under-diagnosed condition because it has no early symptoms. Even when symptoms occur, both the symptoms and the diagnostic tests required are considered embarrassing by many, leading to delayed diagnosis. However, early diagnosis is crucial as colon cancer is a leading cause of death.

Symptoms of Colorectal cancer

• No early symptoms
• Change in bowel habits
• Diarrhea
• Constipation
• Unfinished bowel movement feeling
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 17 symptoms of Colorectal cancer

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Colorectal cancer:

• Colon & Rectal Cancer: Home Testing
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Tests
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Tests
• Food Allergies & Intolerances: Home Testing:
  • Home Food Allergy Tests
  • Home Food Intolerance Testing
  • Home Water Testing
  • Home Lead Poisoning Tests
  • Home Heavy Metal Poisoning Tests
• Cancer-Related Home Testing:
  • Home Prostate Testing
  • Home Prostate PSA Antigen Tests
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Testing
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Testing
  • Home Breast Cancer Testing
  • Home Breast Lump Detection Kits
• Digestive-Related Home Testing:
  • Home Stomach Ulcer Tests
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Test Kits
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Test Kits
• more tests...»

Colorectal cancer: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Colorectal cancer:

• Metastatic cancer
  • Liver cancer
  • Lung cancer
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Colorectal cancer

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic Tests for Colorectal cancer

• Fecal occult blood test (FOBT)
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy
• Colonoscopy
• Polypectomy - removal of a polyp, which may help in diagnosis of cancer.
• Double contrast barium enema (DCBE)
• more tests...»

See full list of 9 diagnostic tests for Colorectal cancer

Wrongly Diagnosed with Colorectal cancer?

• Misdiagnosis of Colorectal cancer
• Failure to diagnose Colorectal cancer
• Hidden causes of Colorectal cancer (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer: Medical Mistakes

• Colon Cancer -- Health Mistakes
• Cancer Health Mistakes:
  • Cancer (All) -- Health Mistakes
  • Breast Cancer -- Health Mistakes
  • Colorectal Cancer -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Colorectal cancer: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Colorectal cancer:

• Digestive Health
• Cancer
• more product offers...»

Colorectal cancer: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders that can remain Undiagnosed:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Celiac Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Heartburn -- Undiagnosed
  • GERD -- Undiagnosed
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Pancreatitis -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Colorectal cancer

Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The best known, irritable bowel...read more »

Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance. The digestive...read more »

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can...read more »

Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning)....read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it can, of course,...read more »

Spitz nevi misdiagnosed as dangerous melanoma skin cancer: One possible misdiagnosis to consider in lieu of melanoma is spitz nevi. See melanoma and spitz nevi....read more »

Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption...read more »

Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon...read more »

Carcinoma right colon: Carcinoma of the right colon is not clinically apparent to the physician as that of the carcinoma of left colon as the symptoms the patient presents with maybe as vague as pallor,tiredness and lethargy with dull...read more »

Abdominal pain in the elderly: Abdominal pain in the elderly could be due to a wide range of diseases. The most common ones that have to be kept in mind in order not to miss the...read more »

Treat chronic diarrhoea seriously: Diarrhoea can be quite frightening and stressful for the patient. Serious disorders such as colorectal carcinoma must be...read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Cancer Specialists:
  • Oncology (Cancer specialists)
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Pediatric Hematology / Oncology (Child Cancer/Leukemia)
  • Radiation Oncology (Diagnostic/X-rays)
  • Gynecological Oncology
  • Hematology (Blood/Leukemia Specialists)
  • Colon & Rectal Surgery
• Digestive Health Specialists (Gastroenterology):
  • Gastroenterology (Digestive Specialists)
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology (Child Digestive Health)
• more specialists...»

Other doctor, physician and specialist research services:

• Rate Your Doctor Online
• Research Your Doctor Online
• Review Patient Surveys About Your Doctor
• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Colorectal cancer

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Colorectal cancer:

• Cancer (Oncology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Digestive Health (Gastroenterology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Colorectal cancer, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Colorectal cancer: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders -- Rare Types:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Rare Types
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Rare Types
  • Celiac Disease -- Rare Types
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Rare Types
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Pancreatitis -- Rare Types
  • Gallstones -- Rare Types
  • Lactose Intolerance -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Colorectal cancer

• Familial polyposis
• more causes...»

Read more about causes of Colorectal cancer

More information about causes of Colorectal cancer:

• Underlying causes of Colorectal cancer
• Colorectal cancer as a complication caused by other conditions
• Colorectal cancer as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Colorectal cancer

Treatments for Colorectal cancer

• Chemotherapy
• Radiation therapy
  • External radiation
  • Internal radiation
• Surgery
• more treatments...»

See full list of 9 treatments for Colorectal cancer

Latest Treatments for Colorectal cancer

• Radical resection
• Right hemicolectomy
• Left hemicolectomy
• Sigmoid colectomy
• Abdominoperineal resection with colostomy
• more treatments...»

See full list of 13 latest treatments for Colorectal cancer

News Archives for Colorectal cancer

Medical news articles related to Colorectal cancer include:

• Colorectal Cancer Rates Rising for Under 50 Set
• Alcohol, Cigarettes and Diabetes Up Colorectal Cancer Risk
• Erbitux May Help Some With Colorectal Cancer
• Hormone Therapy May Cut Colorectal Cancer Risk
• Colorectal Cancer Racial Gap Still Growing
• Screening for Colorectal Cancer Saves Lives
• Colorectal Cancer Screens Detect Unrecognized Disease
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Colorectal cancer

Medical research articles related to Colorectal cancer include:

• Chemotherapy, bevacizumab, and cetuximab in metastatic colorectal cancer.
• Association of GUCY2C expression in lymph nodes with time to recurrence and disease-free survival in pN0 colorectal cancer.
• Pre and peri-operative erythropoeitin for reducing allogeneic blood transfusions in colorectal cancer surgery.
• Cetuximab (Erbitux) - Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-expressing, KRAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer
• Colorectal Cancer Screening
• more research...»

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Videos for Colorectal cancer

Patient Surveys for Colorectal cancer

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Prognosis for Colorectal cancer

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Reseach about Colorectal cancer

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Clinical Trials for Colorectal cancer

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Colorectal cancer include:

• Safety Study of 90Y-hMN14 to Treat Colorectal Cancer - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - hMN14 (labetuzumab)
• CHROENDOHNPCC: Early Detection of Pre-Cancer Lesions in Adults With Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer Syndrome - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Safety Study of 90Y-hMN14 to Treat Colorectal Cancer Patients With Limited Residual Disease After Surgery - This study has been terminated (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - hMN14 (labetuzumab)
• A Safety and Effectiveness Study of Aroplatin in Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer Resistant to Standard Therapies - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Aroplatin (Liposomal NDDP, L-NDDP)
• A Safety and Effectiveness Study of Aroplatin in Patients With Advanced Solid Malignancies - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Aroplatin (Liposomal NDDP, L-NDDP)
• more trials...»

See full list of 704 Clinical Trials for Colorectal cancer

Prevention of Colorectal cancer

Prevention information for Colorectal cancer has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Colorectal cancer.

• Early detection via screening tests:
  • Flexible sigmoidoscopy
  • Colonoscopy
  • Fecal occult blood test
• Healthy diet
• more preventions...»

Read more about prevention of Colorectal cancer

Statistics for Colorectal cancer

• Medical statistics for Colorectal cancer
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Colorectal cancer
• Death and Mortality statistics for Colorectal cancer
• Society statistics for Colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer: Broader Related Topics

• Cancer
• Digestive system cancer
• Digestive Diseases
• more types...»

Types of Colorectal cancer

Types of Colorectal cancer

• Stages of colorectal cancer:
  • Stage 0 colorectal cancer - very early cancer of the lining.
  • Stage I colorectal cancer - involving the inner wall of colon or rectum.
  • Stage II colorectal cancer - cancer has spread locally beyond colon/rectum but not to lymph nodes.
  • Stage III colorectal cancer - spread to lymph nodes but not further.
• more types...»

See full list of 7 Types of Colorectal cancer

Curable Types of Colorectal cancer

Possibly curable types of Colorectal cancer include:

• Duke stage A, B, C colon cancer
• Colonic polyps induced colon cancer
• Alcohol consumption induced colon cancer
• Red meat and processed meat induced colon cancer
• more types...»

Rare Types of Colorectal cancer:

Rare types of Colorectal cancer include:

• Gardener's syndrome
• Familial non- polyposis cancer
• Post- menopausal women hormone replacement induced colon cancer
• Helicobacter pylori induced colon cancer
• Ulcerative colitis induced colon cancer
• MSI-L colorectal cancer
• more types...»

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Article Excerpts about Colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer is cancer of the colon or rectum. The colon and the rectum are part of the body's digestive system, which removes nutrients from food and stores waste until it passes out of the body. The colon and rectum form an almost 7 foot long muscular tube called the large intestine (also called the large bowel). (Source: excerpt from Colorectal Cancer: NWHIC)

Definitions of Colorectal cancer:

Colorectal carcinoma is a disease of Western-world lifestyle. Among both males and females, it is the second most common visceral malignancy in the United States, with an expected 185,000 new cases each year. Grossly, most colorectal carcinomas are either polypoid or of the ulcerative -infiltrating type. Adenocarcinoma is the most common carcinoma in the colon and rectum. Colorectal adenocarcinoma can be divided in three grades: Grade I (low grade or well-differentiated), grade II (average grade or moderately differentiated) and grade III (poorly differentiated). The following histopathologic features have been shown to be prognostic indicators in multivariate analysis: microacinar versus macroacinar growth pattern, endocrine cells detected by chromogranin immunohistochemistry, Crohn's-like reaction and tumor budding. The standard therapy for colorectal carcinoma is surgical resection. The 5-year crude survival rate after curative resection for colorectal carcinomas ranges between 40% and 60% in most large series (Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, 3rd ed., 1999). --2002 - (Source - Diseases Database)

A malignant tumor of the colon; early symptom is bloody stools - (Source - WordNet 2.1)