The differences between hemorrhoids and rectal cancer are mainly in the following aspects: 1. Analyzed from the age group, hemorrhoids may occur in people of any age, while patients with rectal cancer are mostly middle-aged or elderly; 2. Patients with hemorrhoids have blood in their stool because they bruise the affected area when defecating, and the blood mostly drips down with the stool discharge, does not mix with feces, and there is little mucus present, but patients with rectal cancer often have blood or mucus or pus mixed in their stool. If you insert your finger into the anus, you will feel that there are raised grains inside the anus, usually hemorrhoids, and if you feel cauliflower-like lumps or raised edges, central sunken ulcers, narrowing of the intestinal cavity, and blood or pus or mucus on the finger sleeve, you are considered to have rectal cancer. Mucus, then consider the possibility of having rectal cancer; 4, mainly pathological examination, is the gold standard to confirm the diagnosis.