Colorectal Cancer Screening PSA

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• 00:00Colorectal cancer is a group of cancers
• 00:03that occur in the colon and the rectum.
• 00:06These cancers arise from the lining of
• 00:08these organs and actually represent
• 00:10the third most common cancer in the
• 00:12United States for both men and women
• 00:15and the third leading cause of cancer
• 00:17death for men and women in the US.
• 00:25Colorectal cancer is in fact preventable.
• 00:28That's exactly why screening is so critical.
• 00:30There are a number of colorectal
• 00:33cancer screening tools,
• 00:34and so the gold standard
• 00:36screening is a colonoscopy.
• 00:38For average risk.
• 00:39People that can happen once every 10 years.
• 00:42Other forms of screening include stool
• 00:45tests that look for blood in the stool,
• 00:48stool tests that look for DNA from cancers.
• 00:56Colorectal cancer screening is critical
• 00:58and for patients with average risk,
• 01:01that means people who don't necessarily
• 01:04have a family history or other risks
• 01:07that predispose them to getting
• 01:09colon cancer should get screened
• 01:11starting at the age of 50 and
• 01:14generally ending around the age of 75.
• 01:17black Americans are at especially an
• 01:19increased risk and some guidelines
• 01:21organizations already recommend.
• 01:23That black Americans get screened starting at
• 01:25the age of 45.
• 01:32Home screening tests
• 01:34do exist for colorectal cancer.
• 01:36These are in the form of either looking
• 01:40for microscopic blood or looking
• 01:42for articles of DNA in the stool,
• 01:45and I'd say especially during covid.
• 01:48These have seen increasing uptake and
• 01:50again this would be talk to your primary
• 01:54care physician or gastroenterologist
• 01:56about what's right for you.