Ascending Colon CancerColon cancer is a life-threatening disease. The nature of unnoticeable symptoms of the disease makes it even more dangerous. This is caused due to the malignant growth of polyps in the colon. A colon is divided into four segments- ascending colon, sigmoid colon, transverse colon and descending colon. Ascending colon cancer is the growth of these polyps on the right side of the colon. Ascending colon initiates with the cecum, where a small bowel is attached with the tunnel or colon. This extends further to the right part of abdomen. The tumor in this colon segment increase outwards from its location towards your bowel wall. Tumor in this colon segment does not lead to obstruction until the advanced stage of cancer as the diameter of ascending colon is large. Also, the stools that flow from it are in liquid form and that makes it easy for them to pass through even the narrowed lumens. This at times cause feces obstruction and lead to symptoms like anemia, blood on the stool, weakness, palpitation, exercise intolerance and fatigue. At times, you may not even observe any symptoms for ascending cancer. So, usually when the tumor finally gets discovered, it is so huge that it can also be felt by a doctor easily through the abdominal wall. Nonetheless, many people are of the opinion that if they are suffering from gastritis or herniated disk they may be suffering from colon cancer. But the truth is that there is no link between the two. Hence, it proves to be very helpful if the cancer is detected at an early stage. So, you can simply get the cancerous polyps removed from the ascending colon and thereby stop any further growth of colon cancer in the ascending colon. It is also important to remove the toxic fecal matter from the colon for an effective treatment of this cancer. Colonoscopy is the screening which is often suggested by doctors for people who are over 50 years of age. Also, people who have a higher risk for this cancer due to the family history of colon cancer and other such factors are recommended to start their regular colonoscopy screening even prior to the age of 50 years. Hence, your safety lies in your hands. Ascending colon cancer is 100% a treatable cancer but you need to be alert to discover the cancer at least. The more is the growth of cancerous polyps, the difficult it becomes to treat the patient. |