What's going on with colon cancer screening?

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The incidence rate of colon cancer is the third largest in the world, after lung cancer and breast cancer. According to the global cancer epidemic Statistics (GLOBOCAN), about 600000 people die of colorectal cancer every year, making it the fourth most lethal tumor in the world. However, in recent 40 years, the incidence rate and mortality rate of colon cancer in China have been increasing obviously. According to 5 minutes, 1 people died of colorectal cancer, which has become one of the major malignant tumors that endanger the health of our residents. To avoid this, let's talk about colon cancer screening?.

What's going on with colon cancer screening?

First: the population with family history of colorectal cancer mainly refers to those who have colorectal cancer in their immediate relatives, especially those who have colorectal cancer for more than two generations in a row, and those who are under the age of 50. The risk of colorectal cancer in their offspring is significantly increased, and the risk probability is nearly 20 times higher than that in the general population.

Second: I have had cancer, especially the people who have suffered from cancer, the risk of suffering from cancer is about 10 times higher than ordinary people.

Third: colorectal polyps, especially adenomatous polyps, are precancerous lesions. Nearly 80% of colorectal cancer is transformed from adenomatous polyps.

matters needing attention

Little is known about all kinds of diseases, but it is the "disease blindness" state of a large number of people that makes many minor diseases evolve into incurable malignant diseases, especially cancer. Moreover, many patients with colon cancer have no symptoms in the early stage of the disease. Once it is found that most of them are in the late stage, the early screening role of colonoscopy is particularly important.