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What symptoms are common in colon cancer?

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Some late symptoms: Are rectal bleeding or black stools (melena) depending on location of cancer, abdominal pain, distention, change in bowel habits. But these are late signs. To catch them early, you need fecal occult blood test or colonoscopy.

Dr Hoepfner agreed

Answered 4/16/2013

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