I am going on 3-1/2 years of surviving colon cancer because I had my routine colonoscopy at age 50. Obviously, I'm passionate about preaching the importance of colonoscopies. Please get your routine colonoscopies done at your scheduled times!
Cindyof IN3:17PM March 12, 2012
I am doing a paper on the barriers to CRC screening in the black community. wondered if you were suggesting that people "not" get colonoscopiesas the standared screening tool or ttry another method. As a health professional and a grad student I have tried to encourage my patients to be proactive in their care starting with screenings for early detection. What exactly are you suggesting patients do when having sreens done as a preventive measure for colon cancer?
saundra Hymanof PA11:06AM June 22, 2009
My name is Konstantin Monastyrsky. I am a medical writer and an expert in forensic nutrition. I recently released an investigative report entitled “Death By Colonoscopy” on YouTube and my website. This report is based entirely on mainstream medical research, and is fully referenced (http://www.gutsense.org/crc/crc_transcript.html)
I realize the title of my report sounds bizarre, but before you label me insane, consider the following well-established facts:
-- Colonoscopy screening increases mortality from all other causes, research shows. The Telemark Polyp Study I demonstrated a 57% increase in mortality among screened patients vis-à-vis unscreened controls. The decrease in the incidence of colorectal cancers was only… 2%, which, statistically speaking, is below the margin of error.
-- According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), since screening colonoscopies started in earnest in 2000, the annual incidence of colorectal cancers has grown by 30,000 new cases, while the mortality rate remained practically unchanged.
-- Estimated 55,000 Americans die annually from colon cancer. According to the report entitled “Complications of Colonoscopy in an Integrated Health Care Delivery System” by the Annals of Internal Medicine, an estimated 70,000 (0.5% from 14 million+ screenings) are killed or injured by colonoscopy-related complications. This figure is higher than the total number of annual deaths from colon cancer by 22%.
-- The 18 years long Minnesota Colon Cancer Control Study included 46 plus thousand patients between the ages of 50 and 80. It demonstrated only a 0.6% reduction in the incidence of colorectal cancer. Statistically speaking, this difference is even less than the chance outcome of one thousand coin flips.
-- According to the Federal Drug Administration, X-ray exposure from a single virtual colonoscopy increases one’s lifetime risk of cancer by 20%. Virtual colonoscopies are now recommended every 5 years. By age 70 one’s risk of developing any other form of cancer grows to 100%. Killing you with another form of cancer before the colon gets affected is one hell-of-the-way to “prevent” colon cancer.
So before you decide to have a colonoscopy (or even if you have already had one), please watch my report and learn about the possible complications from my site. If you already have had a colonoscopy, and run into side effects, such as constipation, diarrhea, diverticulosis, and others, the site offers a very specific set of suggestions on addressing them.
www.GutSense.org
P.S. If you have any questions related to my report, feel free to contact me by e-mail via my site.
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Cindy of IN 3:17PM March 12, 2012
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