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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer
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Overweight men are at greater risk than their thinner counterparts for cancers of the colon and prostate, while overweight women have a greater chance of developing cancers of the uterus and ovaries, and post-menopausal breast cancer.
High fat diets are associated with colon and breast cancer; some studies have also linked high fat diets to prostate cancer.
Recent research suggests that soy may lower risk of prostate, colon and breast cancers as well as osteoporosis and other bone health concerns, and emerging research also indicates that soy protein may reduce high blood pressure and some symptoms of menopause.
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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk
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Cancer can develop in any of the four sections of the colon or in the rectum and can grow inward or outward through the various layers of these organs.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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If cancer is suspected, a thorough examination of the rectum and colon may be done with a lighted tube inserted through the anus and into the colon.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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Most colorectal cancers arise from benign polyps which, if detected at early pre malignant stages, can be removed and significantly reduce colon cancer mortality's.
Colon cancer screening tests identify suspicious or pre-cancerous polyps, which can be removed before they develop into a serious health problem.
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Billie Kirgan,
Machinist
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Colectomy for colon and rectal cancer involves removing the cancerous part of the intestine and the adjacent lymph nodes.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Family registries for colon, breast, and ovarian cancers are now available to provide information to researchers on inherited genetic mutations.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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While colon cancer ranks second only to lung cancer as the cause of cancer deaths, experts believe that colorectal tumors can be successfully treated if tumors are found and treated before symptoms appear.
BRAF was found to be mutated in about 70 percent of malignant melanomas, 10 percent of colon cancers and a smaller proportion of other cancer types.
Patients with colon or rectum cancer are referred to the Cancer Centre to find out if radiation therapy or chemotherapy treatments are needed.
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