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Have iron deficiency does it mean it caused by colon cancer or something g scary?
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Differential : Colon cancer is always part of the differential diagnosis in iron deficient anemia even in younger patients nowadays. Other causes are much more common and as such more likely. Talk to your doc about the workup and what it entails.
Answered 5/26/2020
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