What does colon cancer do to you?
Colon Cancer affects the digestive system as well as your bowel system. It affects the colon, rectum, and appendix.
What is the difference in colon cancer and cancer of the rectum?
Colon or large intestine is a muscular tube attached with rectum through a smaller muscular tube, the cancer which is present in the upper colon is known as colon cancer, and if tumor is present in the lower colon (rectum) then it is called cancer of the rectum or rectal cancer or colorectal cancer.