Colorectal cancer screening
What's stopping you?
If someone told you that colon and rectal cancers — collectively known as colorectal cancer — can be prevented before the disease starts, would you believe it? The truth is that colorectal cancer, which is the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States, can generally be diagnosed at the polyp stage before it has turned into cancer or spread. Also, chances for a cure are reduced with advanced colorectal cancer.
Over the last two decades, the death rate due to colorectal cancer has been dropping. Among the likely reasons for the decline is the use and growing awareness of screening methods that allow precancerous tissue changes in the colon to be removed before they can turn into cancerous growths.
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