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What the difference between colon cancer and colorectal cancer?

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Updated: April 21, 2007

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Question: What the difference between colon cancer and colorectal cancer?
Answer: There is no difference between colon cancer and colorectal cancer. They are actually the same disease. In fact, colon, colorectal, and rectal cancer all are the same type of cancer.
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