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- March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month By Erin Wolf, APRN “Have you had your colonoscopy?” This is a question your primary-care provider may ask you during your annual visit. You might dread the question (and the procedure), but it’s an important part of preventing colorectal cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer is [...]
- “We’re becoming more aware how to avoid colorectal cancer,” says Millennium Physician Group Family and Sports Medicine Physician Patrick Murray, M.D. “There are things we can’t control, like family history and genetics, but let’s address the things we can control and nip it in the bud early.” Certain foods are better than others when it [...]
- Recommendations to start screening colonoscopies even younger than 50 are so new that they may not be covered by your insurance provider. Millennium Physician Group Gastroenterologist Julian Sison, D.O., explains the benefits of screening earlier and why the recommendations changed. “We've been seeing a lot more patients younger and younger get diagnosed with either large [...]
- “The number of cases of colorectal cancer in people younger than 50 is increasing in the US.,” he explains. “If you’re at average risk, it’s now recommended you have a conversation with your healthcare provider about starting screening at age 45.” For years, patients were told to wait until they were 50 to worry about [...]
- Awareness Is the Best Prevention The good news is the overall occurrence of colorectal cancer has dropped each year since the mid-1980s. The not-so-good news is the incidence has been rising among younger adults. In fact, since the 1990s, the American Cancer Society reports the rate of colorectal cancer has more than doubled among adults [...]