IN THE NEWS: They Thought They Had IBS or Celiac Disease. It Was Colon Cancer.

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When symptoms begin to surface with colon cancer, they can be mistaken for symptoms of other digestive issues, such as IBS or celiac disease. If a colonoscopy isn’t suggested by a physician, some, such as the patients in this article, may not find out they have cancer until it's in the later stages. Najeeb Al Hallak, M.D., MS, medical oncologist and co-leader of the Gastrointestinal and Neuroendocrine Oncology Multidisciplinary Team at Karmanos, advised to always get a second opinion, especially if you feel your provider should be testing for cancer.

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