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Colon Cancer - Health News

• Study Finds Possible Genetic Indicator of Colorectal Cancer
  If perfected, screening method could make disease detection easier, experts say
  
• Racial Clusters Seem to Affect Access to Colon Care
  U.S. areas with more black residents lack specialists, study shows
  
• VA Faces Questions Over Tainted Colonoscopies
  Former patients could have been infected with HIV, hepatitis via non-sterile equipment
  
• For Some, Virtual Colonoscopy May Be Just As Good
  Less invasive test might spur more people to be screened, experts say
  
• Colonoscopy Risks Increase With Age and Illness
  Other screening methods for colon cancer may be safer for some older patients, researchers say
  
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• Colon Cancer Blood Test
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• Pumping Life Into Cancer Patients
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• High-Tech Training For Surgeons
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Related Animations

• Colon Cancer
  Before a true cancer develops, it usually begins as a non-cancerous growth called a polyp. This video animation shows where and how this cancer grows.