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