Colon cancer typically starts off as a small polyp in the colon. In this video, Daniel Labow, MD, an oncology surgeon at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, explains how over time the polyp can grow into a malignant tumor.
In general, colon cancer starts as polyp or a growth in the colon, and then if left alone over time, usually the time frame and average risk of a patient is about five to ten years, it will transform into malignancy and then grow into actual an cancer..
Did you know that colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the U.S.? Experts explain how to prevent, diagnose and treat colon cancer, including why everyone needs a colonoscopy starting at age 50.
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