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Colorectal cancer
Author(s) -
Zalcberg John R
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb127761.x
Subject(s) - citation , colorectal cancer , cancer , medicine , library science , psychology , computer science
What Is Colorectal Cancer? Colorectal cancer starts in the colon or the rectum. These cancers can also be called colon cancer or rectal cancer, depending on where they start. Colon cancer and rectal cancer are often grouped together because they have many features in common. Cancer starts when cells in the body start to grow out of control. To learn more about how cancers start and spread, see What Is Cancer?1