What is the 2nd most common cancer in men and women in the US? - answer✔colon cancer
What are patient controlled risk factors for colon cancer? - answer✔lack of exercise
red meat
obesity
smoking
alcohol use
What is the most common type of colon cancer? what are the subtypes? -
answer✔Adenocarcinoma
1. *mucinous mucus* (most common)
2. Signet ring cell
Where does adenocarcinoma of the colon start microscopically? - answer✔intestinal glands
What are the clinical manifestations of colon cancer? - answer✔Abdominal pain
Change in bowel habit
Hematochezia
Anemia
What are the common METS of colon cancer? - answer✔regional lymph nodes
liver
lungs
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