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Cancer and genetics are a hard thing to wrap your head around. You see, some cancers have genetic links that increase your risk of getting certain types of cancers. Yet, genetic modifications to your immune system (where genes are modified and re-introduced to your body) show great promise in treating and perhaps curing some cancers.

Colon cancer is the catch-all name for cancer of the colon or rectum. The proper name for this disease is colorectal cancer.