Monday, October 3, 2011

Colon Cancer: From the Polyps

By Dan Green


If the cancer has been diagnosed earlier, the Doctor can remove by the use of Colonoscope (a thin tube-like instrument with a light and lens for viewing) which does not require cutting of the abdominal wall, instead, a tube is inserted into the rectum up to the colon and cut the cancer out .Depending on the number and size of cancer polyps you have, colon cancer polyps don't always become cancerous but it increases your chance of having a colon cancer . One percent of approximately less than a centimeter diameter polyps are cancerous. But a polyp bigger than a centimeter is considered a higher risk for cancer of the colon .

Colon cancer polyps shapes are pedunculated and sessile. Pedunculated in shape are mushroom-like tissue growths attached to the surface of mucous membrane by a long, thin stalk . While those that are flat that sit right on the superficial area of the mucous membrane are called Sessile. (Mucous membranes are soft lining in the body passages like those that are present in the mouth, intestines and other mucus-secreting cells) .

Cancer cells are killed by using anti-cancer drugs with this type of colon cancer treatment. It could be routed through mouth, or into a vein or muscle of a body by inserting a needle .Colon cancer polyps that are Adenomatous in nature (benign tumor resembling a gland origin) are the most common type of polyp and make up about 70% of the polyps found in the colon .

From the two, radiation therapy colon cancer treatment is not used routinely in colon cancer because it is difficult to locate specific portions of the colon . This is applied to cure colon cancer pain as it targets metastatic tumor deposits and treat pain .On the other hand, Hyperplastic-type of colon cancer polyps abnormally increase the number of cells in a tissue with enlargement of the area and Villous-Adenoma are slow-growing, potentially malignant and are considered dangerous as they have the highest likelihood of developing into colon cancer .

Among with this colon cancer polyps, you may have one without having the awareness of it because they usually do not have symptoms . During the screening test for colon cancer they only become apparent. But if the colon cancer polyps gets bigger, symptoms are visible like bleeding from your rectum and change in your bowel habits .Colon Cancer Polyps can be detected during test for colon cancer . It is generally recommended to individuals who are 50 years or higher, who has a normal risk for colon cancer and to people who have a strong family history of colon cancer .




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