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Colorectal Cancer |
Colon and Rectal Cancer |
Colorectal cancer, also called colon cancer or bowel cancer, includes cancerous growths in the colon, rectum and appendix. It is the third most common form of cancer and the second leading cause of death among cancers in the Western world. Many colorectal cancers are thought to arise from adenomatous polyps in the colon. These mushroom-like growths are usually benign, but some may develop into cancer over time. The majority of the time, the diagnosis of localized colon cancer is through col ...
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Colorectal Cancer Organizations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Food and Drug Administration
- American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- American Society of Clinical Oncology http://www.asco.org/
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
- National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/
- National Institute on Aging http://www.nia.nih.gov/
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons http://www.fascrs.org/
- American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy http://www.asge.org/
- Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation
- Office of Medical Applications of Research http://odp.od.nih.gov/omar/
- Office of the Director http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/
- National Library Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
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