Colorectal cancer is often spoken of as a single disease, but it actually refers to two related cancers: colon cancer and rectal cancer. The latter was recently revealed as the re

According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men in the United States.

Colon cancer can be found in a few ways, including a digital rectal exam and a fecal occult blood test. There is also the option of using devices in a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy. There is also a virtual colonoscopy, the National Cancer Institute said.

Researchers at Åbo Akademi University have identified a new molecular change in patients with colorectal cancer and developed a genetic disease model that forms tumors in the large intestine, resembling those seen in patients.

Risk factors for colorectal cancer include age, family history, certain genetic conditions, inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, obesity, smoking, heavy alcohol use,