Colorectal Cancer: A True Story is the real life story of a rectal cancer patient. This book gives a feeling of real life situation about the disease, its diagnosis, including Genetic (DNA) Risk analysis, treatment - chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and its side effects. Sometimes, the doctors make serious mistakes, especially those who are over burdened with more number of patients, in such situations what precautions to be taken and how one should be alert during the treatment. The book also emphasis the need for Pharmacogenetic Assay, before starting chemotherapy as it will give you better medication options suited to the patient's profile, which in turn will reduce the cost of treatment, and ADRs (adverse drug reactions). It emphasis about the need for empathy, mental, physical, and emotional support to the patient and Palliative Care, including Pain Management, especially in the last stages of the life of the patient. In addition, there is lots of information about diet planning, diagnostic labs for genetic, pharmacogenetic and mutation analysis, help sources about financial assistance, blood and platelet donations, and information about where you can find more scientific information about bowel, rectal or colon cancer.