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“Cancer of the colon or rectum, colorectal cancer, is the third most common type of cancer in the United States, with nearly 150,000 diagnoses every year. About 1 in 18 individuals in this country will develop colorectal cancer sometime during his or her lifetime” (Hereditary colon cancer, 2009). **//Colon cancer has two probable causes: genetics and environmental factors. The effects can range from metastasizing, pain, even death. However, radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery are all treatment options.//**