news reports how colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of U.S. cancer deaths, and that health officials are concerned about increases in younger people.
Hanna Sanoff, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of oncology, and clinical medical director at the N.C. Cancer Hospital and 黑料网 Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, said she has seen an increase in younger patients.
“It’s just so heartbreaking to see folks come in when they’re young,” said Sanoff in the story. “I actually would love to see the screening age even younger, but 45 is a great start.”
Symptoms include blood in the stool, bowel changes, abdominal pain, weakness or fatigue, and unexplained weight loss.
“There are a couple of different ways you can screen for colorectal cancer,” Sanoff said. “One is stool-testing, which needs to happen every year if that’s the choice you want to make if you don’t want a colonoscopy. If you decide for a colonoscopy-based screening, where they actually go in and visualize the inside of your entire colon, then they make a recommendation to you based on what they find.”