Can someone have stage 4 colon cancer with out any alarming symptoms?

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I’ve been reading so many stories about how people have found out they had stage 4 Colon cancer because they went to the ER due to constipation and that’s it... no blood, no severe stomach pain (basically no overall stage 4 symptoms)...how can this happen???

RICK · Answer

Happened to my son
Frequent constipation and occasional  blood which was diagnosed as hemorrhoids many years before

Anonymous · Answer

Yes.  My friend's sister died of cancer and had no symptoms.

Tarkarri · Answer

Many cancers can be very advanced and still only be causing fairly mild symptoms that are often ignored.

y · Answer

Can someone have stage 4 colon cancer with out any alarming symptoms? Yes
Changes happen slowly and most don't talk about these sort of functions. So they just become the norm for that person.

? · Answer

That's why we do routine diagnostic colonoscopy...

A Hunch · Answer

They can have stage 4 colon cancer without "alarming" symptoms.
They can't have stage 4 colon cancer without symptoms.  They just ignore the symptoms.

Can someone have stage 4 colon cancer with out any alarming symptoms?

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