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