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A member asked:
It went away for 6 months but started again last month but it is not every time i use the bathroom its mostly when i am constipated. im just scared of cancer im 32. how likely is mucus in stool colon or rectal cancer?
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Less likely just mucus alone.
Answered 10/3/2022
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