(L.A.) Cesar Perez, 56, Died at a Residence

Case Number: 2023-07326

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 56-year-old Latino male that occurred at a residence.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Cesar Perez.

Manner of Death: Suicide

Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound of Head

Other Significant Condition: History of Metastatic Rectal Cancer

RIP CESAR PEREZ (November 15, 1966 – June 17, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 1:45 p.m.

While colon and rectal cancers can be similar and are often referred to collectively as colorectal cancer, anal cancer is completely different in significant ways, including the cell type where cancer begins, the cause of the cancer, who gets this cancer, and how we treat it.

“Anal cancer is more similar to cervical cancer because the tissue that lines the anus (where anal cancer typically develops) is like the tissue that lines a woman’s cervix,” explains gastrointestinal surgical oncologist Steven Nurkin, MD, MS, FACS. “Most anal cancers are related to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection like cervical cancer, and the precancerous and cancerous changes that we see in the anal canal are also similar to cervical cancer.”

Colorectal cancers, on the other hand, generally develop as a result of a sporadic mutation in the cells of the colon or rectal lining that causes a polyp, a small abnormal growth of tissue, to form. Left alone, these polyps can become cancerous.

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