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Can colon cancer be found through ct of abdominal?

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Jen1016
Jen1016

Is it true that a ct scan of abdominal can find the cancer that has progressed into stage 3 Colon cancer or maybe even 2?

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  • emily5513
    emily5513 Jen1016

    Posted

    Yes it can. One of the main uses of CT scan is to see how much cancer has progressed through a patient's body (determining the stage). Though a colonoscopy will help the most in determining whether or not you have colon cancer. 

  • tonie16159
    tonie16159 Jen1016

    Posted

    Not trying to scare you but my primary doctor told me scans don't catch everything especially slow growing tumors if you are having scary symptoms I would ask for a colonoscopy also was told recently that scopes can only go so far the doctor is talking about a capsule endoscopy for me but I have a lot of symptoms and a pancreatic cyst

  • anthony10484
    anthony10484 Jen1016

    Posted

    I had stage 3 bowel cancer.  Biopsies from a colonoscopy established that the growth was cancer and a subsequent CT scan was used to pin point where it was.  So yes, CT scans can show a growth but a biopsies from a colonoscopy examination will be needed to determine whether it is malignant.
    • john332
      john332 anthony10484

      Posted

      I had an abdominal scan for kidney stones the urologist said nothing else seen and if there was anything was with the bowel they would have mentioned it in the report. My GP wants me to have a colonoscopy due to continued bowel issues. 

      Ive lost a bit of weight and my ferritin was a bit low but all other bloods were normal. Could I still have bowel cancel. I've had lots of colonoscopies over the years nothing found apart from fissures and internal haemaroids.  

    • anthony10484
      anthony10484 john332

      Posted

      A colonoscopy can be used to look for things other than cancer, in my case it also found that I had coeliac disease.  This is a possibility if you have low ferritin levels, prior to my coeliac disease diagnosis the only symptom that I had, in retrospect, was anaemia.  Now that I am gluten free I now no longer need medication for iron deficiency.  I would suggest that you go the whole hog and have a gastroscopy examination as well because there are potential issues relating to iron absorption in the section of the small intestine in the area just after the stomach - according to the doctor carrying out the test.
    • john332
      john332 anthony10484

      Posted

      I had a gastroscope recently didn't find anything except a 2cm hiatal hernia.

      He did biopsies nothing found. Interesting he did say something about flat villi in the first part of the small intestine but no mention in his report. I haven ad blood tests fir celiacs but negative. I've had tests for so many things over the years. Still feel like crap most of the time now I'm losing weight so it's a worry. 

    • anthony10484
      anthony10484 john332

      Posted

      Flat villi is the usual symptom of coeliac disease so it would be worth going back and asking the consultant for more information about this.  In the meantime, go on a gluten-free diet and see if you have any improvement in your symptoms.  It can take a time for any improvements to be seen so stick with the diet.  By the way, the blood test for coeliac disease is notoriously inaccurate!
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