Why Screening for Colorectal Cancer Shouldn't Be a Hard Sell

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"This is such a great and helpful post"

Hakeem Rosario 2:22AM October 28, 2011

A FIT (fecal immunochemical test) is a much better colon cancer screening test than an FOBT, and it's equally non-invasive and very reasonable in cost. This option ought to be better known than it is, and should be offered patients rather than an FOBT IMO.
I'm always reading about how they're gonna develop some sort of stool DNA test (expensive) and the articles never mention the currently available and pretty darn good FIT test.

Anne P of TX 1:31PM April 15, 2011

Colorectal cancer is such a famial cancer. Make sure any first degree relative, parents, sibling and children, get checked 10 years prior to your first discovery. I had my first polyp at age 40 so my children and siblings need to have their first colonoscopy at age 30, and of course, your parents should be checked too. My children were 23 and 25 and were ready to get their colonoscopy then. They have been educated and help to spread awareness of how devestating cancer can be when you may have a chance to as Barney Fife would say, "Nip it in the bud".

Kathy Diane Rial of TX 9:00AM January 06, 2011

Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there's more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? More at http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=2193

Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson of WA 3:03PM December 15, 2010

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millerbrittney of TX 4:12AM December 14, 2010