Sri Lanka, March 18 -- Today Consultant Oncologist, National Cancer Institute and the Immediate Past President of the SLCO, Dr. Prasad Abeysinghe speaks about Colorectal Cancer, one of the common cancers among male adults. But this cancer has become the third leading cancer among both male and female cancer patients by now.



Q - What is Colorectal cancer?

A - Colorectal cancer is a cancer that starts in the Large intestine. Large intestine is divided into the colon, the upper part and the rectum which is the lower most part of the large intestine. These cancers can also be named colon cancer or rectal cancer, depending on where they start. Colon cancer and rectal cancer are often grouped together because they have many features in com...