Common questions: Skin Cancer
What are some of the early signs of skin cancer?
Does skin cancer itch?
Can skin cancer look like a pimple?
Does skin cancer bleed?
Can skin cancer kill you?
Common Questions: Colon and Rectal (Colorectal) Cancer
What are the early warning signs of colorectal cancer?
How long does it take for colorectal cancer to develop?
Can you die from colorectal cancer?
Where is the first place colorectal cancer spreads?
Is prostate cancer curable?
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Skin cancer is easiest to treat when it is small and has not yet spread. Common early symptoms include an open sore that repeatedly bleeds and crusts over; a pink bump with raised edges and a depression in the center; pink, reddish, or brown patches; or, in the case of melanoma, a mole that changes in shape or size.
Blood in the stool, a change in bowel habits marked by constipation or diarrhea, fatigue, weakness, abdominal pain, bloating, and weight loss are among the early signs of colon cancer.
Common Questions: Depression
Sometimes. A raised reddish patch will sometimes crust or itch, but usually doesn’t hurt.
Most cases of colorectal cancer begin as a polyp, and it may take as long as 10 to 15 years to become cancerous. For this reason, regular screening to identify and remove polyps is the best way to prevent colon cancer.
Basal or squamous cell skin cancer can look like a pimple, but it’s a pimple that doesn’t heal.
Colon cancer begins in the colon and rectal cancer begins in the rectum, but both areas are part of the digestive system. Because of this, cancers that occur in either area are sometimes referred to as colorectal cancer.
Are colon cancer, rectal cancer, and colorectal cancer all the same?
Not until it grows larger. You will usually notice it before it gets to that point.
Yes. The odds of survival are highest for colorectal cancers caught at an early stage. For example, localized colorectal cancer that has not spread outside the colon or rectum has a 90 percent five-year survival rate, while those cancers that have spread to nearby or distant organs have 75 percent and 14 percent five-year survival rates, respectively.
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Yes, some kinds of it. Melanoma is one of the most serious kinds of skin cancer. It is expected to kill some 7,230 Americans in 2019.
Colon cancer typically spreads to the liver first, though it can spread to other areas of the body, including the lungs and brain.
