Colon Cancer (CRC) Signs & Symptoms (& Why They Occur)

The video tutorial provides an in-depth overview of colon cancer, including its development, risk factors, and symptoms. It discusses the gastrointestinal system's involvement, the role of polyps, and genetic factors like Lynch syndrome. The tutorial highlights symptoms such as abdominal pain, stool changes, and bowel habit alterations. It also covers constitutional symptoms like weight loss and fatigue, and the impact of anemia. The video explains large bowel obstruction and its symptoms, and concludes with the metastatic spread of colon cancer to organs like the liver and lungs.

Discuss the importance of early detection of colon cancer symptoms.

What are the signs and symptoms of a large bowel obstruction due to colon cancer?

What is tenesmus and how is it related to rectal cancer?

How can colon cancer metastasize to other parts of the body?