Colon cancer: know it quickly, it can be treated, check your risk before the disease develops.

Colon cancer There is a trend of continuing to increase. It is 3rd most common in men and 2nd in women, with 44 new patients per day or 15,939 people/year and 15 deaths per day or 5,476 people/year. In fact, colon cancer can be prevented too. cancer screening Because if we detect it at an early stage, the treatment will be effective. and have a high chance of recovering from the disease Especially people aged 50 years and over should have cancer screening every year. Source: Public Health Statistics 2019, Strategy and Planning Division. Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health What is colon cancer? Colon cancer is when a lump forms in the large intestine. And because the large intestine is tubular When a lump forms, it causes the colon to narrow. Stool passing through the large intestine will have more difficulty passing through. So it accumulates inside. Resulting in bloating, distension, and more discomfort. When the outlet becomes narrower, the stool that passes out of the lump becomes smaller. And because the cancerous tumor will be macerated. Easier to scratch than normal tissue [...]