A 45-year-old member asked:
What are the earliest symptoms of bowel cancer?
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Dr. Mark Hoepfneranswered
Surgery 41 years experience
None: Early colon (bowel) cancer will have no symptoms. Microscopic invisible blood in the bowel movements can be tested for with a doctor's visit. Colonoscopy can find early colon cancers.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Doctors, what are the symptoms of bowel cancer?
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Dr. Le Wanganswered
Internal Medicine 38 years experience
Colon cancer symptom: Typical symptoms/signs from a local colon cancer include bleeding or back stool from bowel, abdominal pain, unexplained iron deficiency anemia, and/or a change in bowel habits. If abdominal distention, and/or nausea and vomiting occur, this may indicate a bowel obstruction or pending obstruction.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Can bowel cancer symptoms come and go?
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Dr. Robert Uyedaanswered
General Surgery 47 years experience
Yes, bleeding: Cramps, pain is intermittent at first. But these are advanced symptoms. For early diagnosis of colon cancer, you need to have colonoscopy.
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