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Can a colon infection raise your risk of colon cancer?
7 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Ulcerative colitis: Some colon infections can increase the risk of cancer of the colon such as crohn's disease of the colon and ulcerative colitis. Most other no.
Answered 4/3/2012
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No: There is no known association between colonic infections and cancer. Colon cancer is associated with inflammatory bowel disease.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Possibly.: There is a high prevalence of colon cancer in patients with streptococcus bovis bacteremia. Whether or not it causes colon cancer does not seem to be known. But patients with >10 year history of crohn's or ulcerative colitis, familial polposis symdromes, and a diet high in animal fat do have inccreased risk for colon cancer.
Answered 10/24/2017
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