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Colonoscopy coming up worried its cancer doc assured me since i've had symptoms 5-8 years its likely not cancer is he correct saying this?

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Dr. Leslie Leighton answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Agree with your MD: also you are very young for colorectal cancer. Not unheard of but much less likely

Answered 7/23/2015

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Colon cancer: Go, have your colonoscopy be performed and wait for the biopsy result for a definitive result.

Answered 5/21/2016

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