Why You Should Care About Colon Cancer

Young people can have it, too.

Image courtesy of the author, photo by Dr. A. Kim

There have been a few times, during the course of a digital rectal exam, when a patient has asked me: Why would you ever choose to go into this?

I laugh. My joke is that I hate going to dentists as much as people hate going to proctologists. I always have my answer ready, though. You see, I love treating anorectal…