Change in bowel habit
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| Specialty | Gastroenterology |
Change in bowel habit is an alteration in a person's usual pattern of passing stool.[1] It may be a change in the frequency of passing stool or a change in its consistency, or a combination of both.[1]
39-85% of colorectal cancer present with change in bowel habit.[2][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eiben, Inez; Eiben, Paola; Watson, Kathryn (2019). "12. Change in bowel habit". Crash Course General Medicine (5th ed.). Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-7020-7372-4. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
- ↑ Ajithkumar, Thankamma; Barrett, Ann; Hatcher, Helen; Jefferies, Sarah Jane (2021). "7. Cancers of the gastrointestinal system". Oxford Desk Reference: Oncology (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 178–179. ISBN 978-0-19-874544-0. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
- ↑ Adelstein, Barbara-Ann; Macaskill, Petra; Katelaris, Peter H.; Irwig, Les (2018). "2. Bowel symptoms in relation to colorectal cancer". In Olsson, Louise (ed.). Timely Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer. Switzerland: Springer. pp. 28–29. ISBN 978-3-319-65285-6. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
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