Are there early warning signs of colon cancer?
Colon cancer often does not cause symptoms until it is far advanced. Fortunately, most colon cancers develop from small growths called polyps and these polyps can be found and removed by colonoscopy, a simple outpatient procedure. Finding and removing all colon polyps during a persons lifetime will prevent most, if not all, colon cancers. Only adenomatous polyps lead to cancer. Hyperplastic polyps are benign and do not lead to cancer.
