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Colon Cancer Risk Factors

10 Things That Increase Your Colon Cancer Risk (and What to Do About Them)

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Konstantinos Papadopoulos

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You're Over Age 50


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You've Put Off Screenings


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One More Word on Screenings


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You've Got an Inflammatory Bowel Disease


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There's Colon Cancer in Your Family


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You're African-American


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Haoan Liu

You're a Couch Potato


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Ricardo Gomez Angel

Your Jeans No Longer Fit


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Emerson Vieira

You're a Red-Meat Lover


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You Smoke and/or Drink on the Regular


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You're Embarrassed!


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Your Poop's Changed!


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You've Got Nagging Tummy Troubles or Unexplained Weight Loss


Andrea Peirce

Andrea Peirce

Andrea is Senior Editor of Custom Content for HealthCentral. Previously, she worked as a writer and editor for Memorial Sloan Ketting Cancer Center, and was the Director of Editorial Communications for the Lupus Research Institute and S.L.E. Lupus Foundation.