The diagnosis process of colon cancer includes few tests that are performed by physician in order to know more about colon problems. Normally the diagnosis process starts with physical exams; in which doctor press the belly area. In this exam a doctor rarely come to know about any problem. He may or may not feel the mass.

Some tests includes

Fecal occult blood test (FOBT):

This test come just after the physical exam and in order to get the exact diagnosis result physician combined it with colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy; because without this combination this test is often negative in patients with colon cancer. But you must note a point that the positive result of FOBT doesn’t implies that the patient has targeted by cancer.

Following are some imaging tests used to detect the cause of colon cancer.

Colonoscopy:

It comprises of the visual examination of colon and rectum with the help of a thin flexible tube having a lighted camera inside its tip named as colonscope. This internal camera transmits the images of colon to the television screen. If the doctors find small polyps during this procedure then they readily remove it through an instrument .While for large polyps , they suggest you the best treatment of colon cancer.

Visual Colonscopy/ CT colongraphy

It is an alternative method of colonoscopy and based on the advanced technology. In this method the detailed cross-sectional images of abdomen are created with the mean of a CT scanner. These images make it feasible for the doctors to clearly diagnose any cancerous cell growth of patient’s colon.

 Sigmoidscopy:

This physical test is similar to colonscopy; through this method physician examine the sigmoid (the last two feet of your intestine) and the rectum. This method isn’t commonly used by the physician because it is not helpful in detecting the abnormalities of upper two-thirds of colon.

Probe-Based Laser Confocal Endomicroscopy

This is an advanced test that is used during colonscopy. With it the physician tries to distinguish benign from malignant polyps. A fibreoptic probe is passed through an endoscope to see the polyps.  The basic purpose of this method to save the time, effort and money that is involved in the removal of unnecessary polyps of patients.

Live Function test :

When the doctor confirmed that colon cancer existence in patient then this test is performed to get an idea about the extent and stage of cancer. It also known as the staging test in which exact stage of cancer is diagnosed.  This test includes the CT scan or MRI scan of the abdomen, pelvic area, chest, or brain. A physician may go for PET scan for detecting the stage of colon cancer.

Diabetes is a one cause of the colon cancer the insulin content in the blood gets reduced and intake of insulin is yields to the cancer of colon. Diet is the other major factor as the cholesterol and the high fat diet play a vital role. Hereditary or Genetic, with the family medical history report any one whose parents are affected with this cancer has more chances. Ethnicity, Race is the factors that prove that some of the people typical race and genes are more exposed to the colon cancer.

Polyps, generally known as the tumors or polyps in the intestine of a person or with in his family increases the risk factor of the colon cancer. With the chances of increasing the Body weight colon cancer occurs. Smoking is also the important risk factor that one has to concentrate to avoid the colon cancer. Ulcerative Colitis and chron’s disease are the two major diseases which result in the inflammatory bowel disease which is more immune to the colon cancer. No one till date is said to be infected with the causes that were said to be certain for the colorectal cancer and doctors are still working on this to find the exact causes of the colon cancer.

The main reason for the colorectal cancer is due to the intake of the high fat diets, on a hereditary basis and the presence of polyps in the colon or in the large intestine. It is statistically proven that in the most of the countries where there is high in take of fats there the number of cases of Colorectal cancer are more. One can detect the presence of the Colon cancer with presence of the symptoms like presence of blood in the stool, as the rectum and anus passage becomes narrow and discomfort of the stomach irrespective of the diet taken.

Doctors throughout the world believe that some types of the colon cancers can be cured by removing the polyps. Initially this cancer type cannot be diagnosed as the age passes on 50 each and every person who has high intake of fatty diet can go on for the diagnosis with the symptoms. Colonoscopy is one of the tests available with the doctors to diagnose the cancer related to colon cancer. The treatments for colorectal cancer include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy or a combination of both the radiation therapy and the chemotherapy. Of all these surgery is the most common treatment that is suggested by the doctors as they will remove the affected area from the large intestine and will reform it once the surgery is done.