Colon Cancer - By Category

Basic Information About Colon Cancer

Learn about the basics of colon cancer including common symptoms, how it is diagnosed, treated and ways to reduce your personal risk factors. You will find answers to your most basic questions about colon cancer here.

Who Gets Colon Cancer?

Learn about genetic and familial colon cancer syndromes, including hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC or Lynch syndrome), familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), juvenile polyposis (JP), and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS).

Colon Cancer Screening and Tests

Learn about colon cancer screening methods including fecal occult blood tests, colonoscopy, double contrast barium enema (DCBE), CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy), fecal immunochemical test, and stool DNA tests.

Preventing Colon Cancer and its Recurrence

There are plenty of things you can do to lower your colon cancer risk. Even after diagnosis, you can use diet and nutrition, exercise, and colon cancer screening to stay healthy and reduce your risk of getting colon cancer again (recurrence).

Treatment Options for Colon Cancer

Colon cancer treatments include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted therapies or some combination of these. Most people find it helpful to learn about these options and how to cope with their side effects before making a final decision on treatment.

Nutrition During and After Colon Cancer

Your diet and nutrition matters before, during and after a diagnosis of colon cancer. Learn how the right foods and nutrition may impact your symptoms, risk of colon cancer and even how you cope after surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

Colon Cancer Personal Stories

Many people gather strength and courage from colon cancer personal stories. If that describes you, you'll love these inspirational colon cancer stories.

Support/Resources

As you continue on your journey of learning about colon cancer, you may find additional resources to be helpful. Here you can find reputable websites and books with more information about colon cancer.

Colon Cancer Myths and Facts

Learn about common colon cancer myths and get the facts about this disease.

Colon Cancer Research

Here you can learn about colon cancer research, including the pros and cons of clinical trials, how to find and enroll in colon cancer research in your area, and the latest findings on colon cancer prevention and treatment.

Glossary of Colon Cancer Medical Terms

Learn the words and phrases to know about colon cancer its treatment.