Colon Cancer and Genetics
Friday, April 10th, 2009Some professionals argue that cancer in its genetically disposed to an
individual if there family has a history of colon cancer. This is partially
correct, because 20% of all colon cancer patients have had family that
has had a history of colon cancer in their past.
If your family has a history of colon cancer, it is imperative that you
visit your local doctor and have yourself checked out.
If the person with colon cancer within your family is your father or your mother,
the chances of you having colon cancer will increase by 18%.
If you are genetically preordained to have colon cancer, there are several factors
that must be considered. This means that your chromosomes within the cells of
your colon are already set so that colon cancer can develop and spread
rapidly. The damaged chromosomes are more susceptible to the
whims of the cancer causing carcinogens because their immunity to
the proteins and amino acids that cause the division of cells is already
low.
If you do not know your family medical history it is best to call a
relative and find out as soon as possible. Since colon cancer can be in
an embarrassing disorder to admit among friends and family, someone
in your family would know if your father or mother had such condition.
The individual must remember that the genetic possibility of you
acquiring colon cancer is already at 20%.
This means if you are already have a one out of five chance of
contracting colon cancer. If you have a fatty diet and eat lots of
meat and little vegetables and grains you are even more susceptible
to colon cancer.
Like heart disease, the lifestyle choices and the genetic code within
your body determines the higher chance of colon cancer occurrence.
There are other conditions which cause the risk of colon cancer to
appear more frequently in some individuals than others. The age of a
person is not a factor when dealing with the cumulative aspects of
colon cancer. There are several conditions that affect the occurrence
of the cells within the colon but the mutations of the cells are still due
to the heredity, diet, and predisposition of individual. Remember
because you have only one of these factors does not mean that that
factor will be enough to cause colon cancer.
Sometimes it is the combination of factors that increases the percentage of risk.
Even if you donft have any of these factors within your lifestyle, it is better
to have yourself checked out by your doctor even if you do not show
any symptoms or pain. The polyps can exist within your colon right
now and you would not know it.
They are just waiting to find the method and means in which to mutate
the surrounding tissue and start to spread cancerous cells.
The risk outweighs the benefits of not being examined, because
colon cancer is a silent killer.
Once the cells are cancerous and has spread beyond the colon, sometimes it is too
late for treatment to prevail. It is better to go through the discomfort
and sometimes embarrassment of the examination then going on with
your life without lifestyle changes and the possibility of developing
colon cancer.

