Texas Man Diagnosed with Rectal Cancer Following Colonoscopy
In the United States, one in every 22 men will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer. After a routine colonoscopy ordered by his primary care physician, Michael Smith, 56, discovered that he was the one in 22.
“My primary care doctor knew I was anemic and set up a colonoscopy at BSA,” Smith shared.
Following his colonoscopy, Smith received the news that he had a cancerous, 5-inch tumor in his rectum that was growing through his rectal wall. Smith was diagnosed with Stage 3 rectal cancer.
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