14 Mar Colorectal Cancer Screening
Posted at 13:53h
in Colon Cancer
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!