colon cancer

Large intestine tumor

Colon cancer is a malignant growth in the large intestine, one of the most common cancers in developed countries.

Early detection through colonoscopy significantly improves survival rates.

The term often appears alongside rectal cancer as colorectal cancer, since the two are closely related and treated similarly.

Opposites
health status

colon cancerremission

Temporary disease absence

digestive health · gut health

anatomical location of cancer

colon cancerbrain cancer

Malignancy in cranial tissue

lung cancer · stomach cancer · skin cancer · bone cancer · liver cancer

disease severity/prognosis

colon cancercolon polyp

Abnormal tissue mass in bowel

common cold · adenoma · benign tumor · irritable bowel syndrome · colitis

Family

cancer, colony, colonial, colon, colonist, cancerous, colonize, colonization, carcinoma

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