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Am very curious to know in colon cancer will there be a change in blood count, platelet, rbs & wbc or others may be more or less.can it be a symptom!
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Anemia: Bleeding with resultant decrease in Hgb. and Hct. is the most prominent change. There is no overall pattern that says "colon cancer"
Answered 10/24/2016
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