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A member asked:

Yest i ate piazza,tomatoes and tomato juice today when i moved bowels saw a little red in stool. nervous it's colon cancer at 41. no family history.

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Dr. Guy Farmer answered

Probably not: Colon cancer is rare in a 41 year old with no family history.

Answered 2/28/2015

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