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Screening the Elderly for Colorectal Cancer -- From Polyp to Malignancy
- These tumors are more likely than tumors elsewhere in the bowel to ulcerate and cause insidious blood loss.
- Consequently, patients with tumors of the ascending colon and cecum often present with symptoms of anemia such as fatigue, pallor, dyspnea, or angina.
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