People assume that they have "piles" or hemorrhoids when they have discomfort in the rectal area. Sometimes, this just is not the case. In fact, the Hemorrhoid Care Medical Clinic said, 90% of people that have rectal cancer assumed they had hemorrhoids instead of cancer.(Hemorroid.net)

Besides hemorrhoids, there are many symptoms to rectal cancer. These signs may help a person find it before it is too late. Some symptoms are: Changes in bowel movements like narrow stool, bloody stool, black stool, diarrhea, constipation, and bowel obstruction. Also, there could be fever and pain, rectal bleeding, stomach pains and cramps, nausea, vomiting, weight loss, fatigue, anemia (low red blood cell count), constant visits to the restroom, pain in genital tissue, and an urgent need to urinate.(Colon a

Rectal cancer has been broken up into four types (i-iv) or (A-D). Stage A is when the tumor penetrates into the mucosa area of the bowel, but no further. Stage B has two different scenarios, either the tumor penetrates the muscular layer of the bowel wall, or the tumor goes through the muscular layer of the bowel wall. Stage C also has two different scenarios the tumor penetrates the muscular layer and there is pathologic evidence of colon cancer in the lymph nodes, or the tumor goes through like in stage B and there is pathologic evidence of cancer in the lymph nodes. The most serious stage, stage D, is a tumor that has spread over the lymph nodes to organs (such as liver, lung, or bone). (Oncology channel)

Before going any further, there are some important facts to know about rectal cancer. 90 percent of all rectal cancer deaths are preventable, when found early; survival can be increased from 62% to 81% that means that 56,000 patients will live. 1 in 17 Americans will get rectal cancer and it is the second most common cancer death in America. The five year survival rate is 90% if the patient takes medication and makes the needed visits to the doctor.(Hemorroid.net)

If none of these seem to work, or the patient is willing to try something different, they can take part in clinical trials. These trials will eventually find new ways to fight cancer. Research has not only found ways to fight rectal cancer, but cancer of all types.

The treatment for rectal cancer depends on a number of factors like size, location, the severity of the tumor. Currently, there are four treatments for rectal cancer. They are: surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and biological therapy. Surgery is the most common treat

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