Surviving Colon Cancer Is Tied to Family History of It

Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - 11:49 in Health & Medicine

Someone who has a parent or a sibling with colorectal cancer faces about a 1-in-10 chance of developing colon cancer, compared with 1 in 20 for those with no family history, the new study says.

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