{"id":233,"date":"2015-12-30T12:03:28","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T04:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacificprime.hk\/blog\/?p=233"},"modified":"2018-02-26T12:10:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T04:10:36","slug":"colorectal-cancer-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacificprime.hk\/blog\/colorectal-cancer-in-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorectal cancer in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to information released by the Hong Kong government earlier this year, the leading cause of death in Hong Kong is malignant neoplasms, or cancer. The government found that in 2013 slightly over 31% of deaths in the city were attributed to cancer, nearly double the number of deaths attributed to pneumonia, the next leading cause of death. While lung cancer is the most common type of cancer in Hong Kong, there is another that has seen an increase in prevalence over the past few years: colorectal cancer. In this article we take a look at what exactly colorectal cancer is, symptoms, and what you can do to prevent it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Defining colorectal cancer<\/span><\/h2>\n

As you can probably guess from the name, colorectal cancer is any cancerous growth that starts in the colon or rectum; the last five or so feet of the gastrointestinal tract. The vast majority of colorectal cancer cases are classified as adenocarcinomas, meaning the cancer starts to grow from glandular cells like those that are found on the inside of your colon, and start out as benign polyps (growths) that can turn cancerous if left in place.<\/span><\/p>\n