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Jeffrey Weber MD: In a typical colon cancer case, this is the way the symptoms develop
and progress.
Colon cancer symptoms are related to the location and the way the tumor develops. Colon cancer
is a tumor that develops in the lining, the inner lining of the colon. You think of the
colon as a long tube, if the wall gets thicker then the opening gets smaller and smaller,
so at first the symptoms might be intermittent with occasional cramping and a slight narrowing
of the stool and may be even intermittent bleeding, but as the narrowing gets narrower
and narrower and the opening gets smaller, you develop thin stools which are persistent,
crampy abdominal pain with each bowel movement and bleeding becomes more frequent, so the
symptoms become progressive and they become more constant.
For an interactive tool to learn more about your colon cancer and your personalized treatment
options, go to MyColonCancerCoach.org.