Get Screened for Colorectal Cancer
Dr. Brian Lawenda discusses when you should start getting screened for colorectal cancer and a discussion of the non-invasive (FOBT, FIT, stool DNA/Cologuard, CT colonography/virtual colonoscopy) and invasive (colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy) screening options.
**Not mentioned in the video are the contraindications for the non-invasive screening options:
--Anyone with a history of colorectal cancer, adenomas, or other related cancers
--Anyone who has had a positive result from another colorectal cancer screening method within the last 6 months
--Anyone who has been diagnosed with a condition that is associated with high risk for colorectal cancer. These include but are not limited to:
+Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
+Chronic ulcerative colitis (CUC)
+Crohn’s disease
+Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)
+Family history of colorectal cancer
+Patients who have been diagnosed with a relevant familial (hereditary) cancer syndrome, such as hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer syndrome (HNPCC) or Lynch syndrome, Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, MYH-associated polyposis (MAP), Gardner’s syndrome, Turcot’s (or Crail’s) syndrome, Cowden’s syndrome, juvenile polyposis, Cronkhite-Canada syndrome, neurofibromatosis, or familial hyperplastic polyposis.
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