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• The opening of the rectum to the outside of the body.

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• A disease in which cells grow out of control. Cancer cells can invade nearby tissue and spread to other parts of the body.

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• The long, coiled, tube-like organ (also known as the large bowel or large intestine) that removes water from digested food. The remaining material, solid waste called "stool," moves through the colon and the rectum and leaves the body through the anus. Parts of the colon include the cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, and sigmoid colon. The average colon is about six feet long.

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• A flexible, lighted instrument with a tiny built-in camera used to view the inside of the entire colon and rectum.

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• An examination in which the doctor looks at the internal walls of the entire colon through a flexible, lighted instrument called a colonoscope. The doctor may collect samples of tissue or cells for closer examination. The doctor may also remove polyps during a colonoscopy.

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• Related to the colon, rectum, or both.

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• A series of X-rays of the colon and rectum. The X-rays are taken after the patient is given an enema, followed by an injection of air. The barium outlines the intestines on the X-rays, allowing many abnormal growths to be visible.

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• A test to check for hidden blood in stool. Fecal refers to stool. Occult means hidden. (See also Stool Test.)

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• Also called proctosigmoidoscopy. A procedure in which the doctor looks inside the rectum and the lower portion of the colon (sigmoid colon) through a flexible, lighted tube called a sigmoidoscope. The doctor may collect samples of tissue or cells for closer examination and remove some polyps within view.

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• A doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the digestive system, which includes the esophagus, stomach, pancreas, intestines, and liver.

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• The part of the digestive tract where the body processes food and eliminates waste. It includes the esophagus, stomach, liver, intestines, and rectum.

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• The long, tube-shaped organ in the abdomen, also called the "bowel," that completes the process of digestion. There are both large and small intestines.

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• An abnormal, often precancerous growth of tissue (colorectal polyps are growths of tissue inside the intestine).

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• The last 8 to 10 inches of the large intestine. The rectum stores solid waste until it leaves the body through the anus.

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• Tests used to check, or screen, for disease when there are no symptoms. Recommended screening tests for colorectal cancer include the fecal occult blood test, flexible sigmoidoscopy, and colonoscopy. (When a test is performed to find out why symptoms exist, it is called a "diagnostic" test.)

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• A flexible, lighted instrument with a tiny built-in camera that allows the doctor to view the lining of the rectum and lower portion of the colon.

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  "Sigmoidoscope." Colorectal Cancer Glossary. CDC. 1 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/sigmoidoscope.

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• The waste matter discharged in a bowel movement; feces.

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• A test to check for hidden blood in the bowel movement. (See also Fecal Occult Blood Test.)

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