What is colon cancer? | Norton Cancer Institute

Michael F. Driscoll, M.D., medical oncologist with Norton Cancer Institute, answers the question, what is colon cancer?
Colon cancer is cancer that arises in the colon rectal area usually from a polyp.
Most cases are adenocarcinoma, which refers to the type of cell type and there's estimated approximately 140,000 new cases of colorectal cancer per year; approximately 100,000 of those being colon cancer and approximately 40,000 are rectal cancer.
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