Fall of another myth for colon cancer: Duration of symptoms does not differ between right- or left-sided colon cancers.

CONCLUSION: Symptom duration is not associated with localization, nor is the tumor stage. Diagnosis of colorectal cancer at an earlier stage may be best achieved by screening of the population.
PMID: 31418412 [PubMed - in process]

Source: The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology - July 31, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Öztürk E, Kuzu MA, Öztuna D, Işık Ö, Canda AE, Balık E, Erkasap S, Yoldaş T, Akyol C, Demirbaş S, Özoğul B, Topçu Ö, Gedik E, Baca B, Ergüner İ, Asoğlu O, Erkek B, Yılmazlar T, Reis E, Gençosmanoğlu R, Konan A Tags: Turk J Gastroenterol Source Type: research