"You should never discount your symptoms, Cecchini said, if you notice blood in your stool, chronic abdominal pain, a change in bowel movements, or unexplained weight loss, it's important that you tell your doctor."
"It's very easy in younger individuals to think, 'Oh, it's just hemorrhoids,' or something like that ... and it may be, but also those things can coexist," said Cecchini.
"Anyone with a first-degree relative - mother, father, brother, sister, son or daughter - that has had colon cancer, especially if that person was diagnosed before the age of 50, is going to be at higher risk for colorectal cancer because of that family history," Dueker explained.
"All of these symptoms don't necessarily mean ... you have colon cancer," said Dueker. Instead, they could mean that a colonoscopy is necessary to determine what is going on.
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