| Colon cancer is one of the most feared types | | | | centimeter, then the risk of developing colon |
| of cancer by both men and women. The reason | | | | cancer is less than one percent. However, if |
| is that colon cancer is now fourth on the | | | | these polyps are bigger than one centimeter, |
| most known cancer list in many countries | | | | then the risk of colon cancer rises. Ten |
| around the world. It is also known to be the | | | | percent of these polyps turn into colon |
| second most common cause of death in | | | | cancer in then years time and more than |
| countries like the United State of America. | | | | twenty percent in twenty year' s time. |
| So, I belive these are some pretty good | | | | Furthermore as time also passes by the risk |
| reasons to fear colon cancer, am I right? | | | | of developing colon cancer increase as well. |
| | | | If at the age of forty, the risk of those |
| If you belive that these are not good enough | | | | polyps becoming malignant was about twenty |
| reasons to fear colon cancer, then here are | | | | percent, then at fifty it increases to twenty |
| some more statistics about this type of | | | | five percent and at the age of seventy the |
| cancer. A person that has reached the age of | | | | percentage goes as high as fifty. |
| fifty has almost five percent risk of being | | | | |
| diagnosed with colon cancer. Furthermore, | | | | Most of the colon cancer cases happen in |
| people at this age have also a three percent | | | | people that are not exposed to any particular |
| risk of dying from colon cancer. If these | | | | risk factors. However, twenty percent of |
| statistics about colon cancer still do not | | | | colon cancer cases occur in people with |
| worry you, then you should also know that a | | | | certain risk factors. Family history of colon |
| person that dies from colon cancer looses | | | | cancer is the most common of these risk |
| almost thirteen years of his/ her life, which | | | | factors. A small percentage of these cases, |
| is a pretty big number if you ask me. | | | | almost six percent, are also caused by |
| | | | genetic syndromes. People that suffer from |
| Moreover, statistics say that more than eight | | | | ulcerative colitis are also more at risk of |
| percent of all colon cancer cases arise from | | | | developing colon cancer as so are those that |
| a certain type of polyps called adenomatous. | | | | have been diagnosed with large polyps or even |
| If these polyps are smaller than one | | | | with colon cancer. |