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I have a slight pain near my tail bone. i have also recently had blood in stool but i do have hemmorroids. is colon cancer likely?
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No: Your tail bone area pain has nothing to do with colon cancer but with possible trauma or bone disease. If you have a family hx of colon cancer then get a colonoscopy otherwise treat your hemorrhoids and see if you continue to have fecal blood
Answered 12/2/2015
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