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Can anyone tell me what causes colon cancer besides obesity?
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Colon ca risk: Diet (fat, etc), alcohol/smoking (weak), ethnicity (aaf has highest risk), gender (man> woman), history of polyps, ibd, high risk genetic syndromes. Others, abdominal radiation, certain bacterial infection such as streptococcus bovis, etc.
Answered 12/11/2015
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