Colorectal cancer is a disease in which cancerous cells first develop in the colon or rectum. This eMedTV Web page offers a detailed overview of this condition, including information about symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease.
Common colorectal cancer symptoms include blood in the stool, diarrhea, and unusually narrow stools. This eMedTV Web page discusses these and other signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer, such as a change in frequency of bowel movements.
Surgery is the most common form of colorectal cancer treatment. This eMedTV resource discusses the common types of colorectal cancer treatment, such as radiation therapy and chemotherapy, and provides information about getting a second opinion.
This segment of the eMedTV archives explores the factors that affect a person's colorectal cancer prognosis and provides five-year survival rates for the disease. It also explains how the stage of the cancer affects the prognosis.
This eMedTV page discusses who should undergo colorectal cancer screening and describes tests used in the screening process, such as a rectal exam. Screening, as this page explains, is the process of testing people who show no symptoms of the disease.
