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Brother at 52 diag. colon cancer. i'm 47 and have type 1&2 bristol chart feces for a very long time. acid reflux, choking at night on acid chestpain?

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Unrelated to Ca: Bristol Classification measures stool shapeand transit time in bowel, unrelated to any malignant pathology developing in the colon. the upper GI symptoms and acid reflux are unrelated to potential for a colonic reoplasm which usually is induced via the polyoma virus entering mucosa and establishing a field effect in which various lesion arise. One should check out bowel pathology via colonoscopy.

Answered 7/8/2016

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