http://healthatcontrol.com Keeping best care of your health Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:00:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://healthatcontrol.com/2008/08/12/introduction-7/ http://healthatcontrol.com/2008/08/12/introduction-7/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:53:02 +0000 Sam http://healthatcontrol.com/?p=67 The part of the digestive system where the waste material is stored is the colon. Adjacent to the anus The rectum is the end of the colon. Together, they form a long, muscular tube called the large intestine. Tumors of the colon and rectum are growths arising from the inner wall of the large intestine. Benign tumors of the large intestine are called polyps. Malignant tumors of the large intestine are called cancers. Benign polyps do not invade nearby tissue or spread to other parts of the body. During colonoscopy and are not life-threatening Benign polyps can be easily removed. If benign polyps are not removed from the large intestine, they can become malignant (cancerous) over time. Most of the cancers of the large intestine are believed to have developed from polyps. Cancer of the colon and rectum (also referred to as colorectal cancer) can invade and damage adjacent tissues and organs. Cancer cells can also break away and spread to other parts of the body (such as liver and lung) where new tumors form. The spread of colon cancer to distant organs is called metastasis of the colon cancer. A complete cure of the cancer is unlikely. once metastasis has occurred in colorectal cancer,

 

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