Chennai, March 21 -- A symposium on colon cancer was held in the city on Friday and
it was organised by the Tamil Nadu Gastroenterologist Trust and Apollo Hospitals.
Cancer in all its forms is increasing worldwide. Colorectal (Bowel) cancer is cancer arising
from large intestine.
Depending upon the location in the large bowel it can be either colon cancer or rectal cancer
- latter arising from the last end of the colon.
Though India has lower incidence of this cancer compared to the Western and
developed Asian countries, it is worrying that the cancer occurrence is definitely
increasing in recent times.
Usually it affects people aged 50 yrs or more. But the concern is that In India around
one third of these cancers affect earlier ...