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A member asked:
Why do you read that someone had a clean colonoscopy and then 24 months later they have full blown colon cancer, since it is "slow growing"?
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growth rates vary: Colon cancer can progress quickly once it gets into the lymphatic system.
Answered 1/19/2016
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