After losing his father to stomach cancer and seeing other family members battle other forms of cancer, Carlos Galloway knew he needed to be his own health advocate when he began to experience unusual gastrointestinal symptoms. After receiving a referral to Dr. Cedrek McFadden at Prisma Health, Carlos underwent a colonoscopy, which uncovered a high-risk mass.

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The panelists, Daniel G. Haller, MD, and Charles S. Fuchs, MD, MPH, provide examples of prognostic and predictive markers in colorectal cancer and their utility in treatment decisions.

ACG Trustee Mark B. Pochapin, MD, FACG, Director, Division of Gastroenterology New York University Langone Medical Center
(former Director of The Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health), narrates a tour of a patient's colon during a colonoscopy where he discovers a cancerous polyp (colon cancer).

The patient did not have any abdominal or rectal pain, or any other symptoms associated with colorectal cancer. However, prior to this colonoscopy (when the cancer was discovered) the patient was diagnosed with anemia due the slow bleeding of this polyp in her colon.