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What part of the abdomen colon cancer can be painful? is it usually local pain or nonspecific pain? is it constant pain or come and go pain?

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See below: Pain is not a prominent symptoms of colon cancer. Visit this site for information about colon cancer: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/14501-colorectal-colon-cancer Get a colonoscopic examination if there is family history of colon cancer. Get Covid vaccine. Wish you good health!

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Answered 12/29/2020

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