Colorectal Cancer Screening

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Did you know that early detection through prevention and screening dramatically reduces fatalities from Colorectal Cancer?

Screening is the #1 way to prevent Colorectal Cancer.

Colorectal Cancer can develop with few, if any, symptoms. These symptoms may include: 

• A change in bowel habits including diarrhea, constipation, a change in the consistency of your stool or finding your stools are narrower than usual
• Persistent abdominal discomfort such as cramps, gas, or pain and/or feeling full, bloated or that your bowel does not empty completely
• Finding blood in your stool
• Weakness or fatigue
• Losing weight for no known reason
• Nausea or vomiting

Early signs of Colorectal Cancer often do not include pain. 

• All men and women should be screened for Colorectal Cancer.
• Adults without a family history of Colorectal Cancer should begin Colorectal Cancer screening at age 45.
• There is only one screening test that not only diagnoses Colorectal Cancer but can help prevent: a colonoscopy

The average lifetime risk for Colorectal Cancer for Men is 1 in 23.

The average lifetime risk for Colorectal Cancer for Women is 1 in 25.

Early Colorectal Cancer detection can save your life!