Being diagnosed with colon cancer may be one of the hardest things you ever had to face. In some cases, when colon cancer diagnose is made earlier, you do not need to worry about whether your disease can be cured or not, because is the big majority of cases, over 90 percent it can. However, the diagnosis can also be made when cancer evolves and reaches the last stage. Now a simple surgery is not enough and you will have to go through chemotherapy also. But before having to treat colon cancer a correct diagnose has to be made at the right moment.

Colon cancer diagnose can be made by doctors using different types of medical tests. So, when you experience one of the symptoms of this disease, make sure that you will see a doctor as soon as possible. The medical check you will be submitted at includes an evaluation of your family medical history to see if cancer cases have been present is someone of your family members or not and he will also ask you if you had in the past some problems or bowel infections. After this discussion, he will suggest the most appropriate intervention for your particular case. These interventions include sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy and barium enema test.

The most common one of all these tests, is the colonoscopy. This screening procedure can diagnoses easily colon cancer because the doctor can examine the entire wall of the colon. The tub that is inserted in the patient colon has a tiny camera on one end and this way the doctor will have a clear view inside the colon. A biopsy sample can be taken and than after performing some tests, cancer can be diagnosed, if it is the case. The intervention is usually painless, but if you experience some pain after the intervention you should to worry. However, if the pain is persistent, go immediately to see your doctor.

A sigmoidoscopy is a screening test used for colon cancer diagnosis. The test can be done also by people that do not have any symptoms, but present the colon cancer risk factors and so discover very early the potential cancerous cells. If you have some symptoms, such as the presence of blood in the stools, abdominal pain and discomfort you should not wait and make an appointment with your doctor for a screening procedure. In a sigmoidoscopy a flexible tube is inserted through the individual’s anus and rectum though which the doctor can see inside the colon and this way examine the colon wall to see if some abnormal growths have been developed. With this test more than 50 percent of the colon cancer cases can be diagnosed and a biopsy sample can be easily taken with no pain.