There are many types of cancer and one of them is colon cancer. This disease is highly risky to both women and men, with 130,000 cases being diagnosed each year. From these cases, almost 56,000 people die when Stage IV colon cancer is reached.

The chance of an individual having a cancer depends on both genetic and non-genetic factors. A genetic factor is an unchangeable trait while the non-genetic factors is referred to the people’s environment and can often be changed. You can also get colon cancer through hereditary or genetic factors.

Next to lung cancer, colon cancer is the second leading cause of death in the country. Colon cancer often starts with just a few benign polyps in the areas of the gastrointestinal tracts but undetected, these polyps can spread to other organs of the body and develop into cancerous cells. This is the terminal colon cancer stage.

This is perhaps why it is important for people to detect these polyps early on so as to prevent the development of cancer to the terminal stage. Early diagnosis in fact is very much important not only the prevention but also in the treatment of terminal colon cancer. Even if the disease has already spread, a much earlier diagnosis has a better prognosis because it is much easier to treat than a disease that is already in the terminal stages.