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Tune Up Your Cancer Screens

Submitted by Roxanne RN on Mon, 04/02/2007 - 11:25am.

Screening for cancer has decreased the growth rate of this devastating disease significantly. However, sometimes the results of screening are not positive when they should be, or negative when they shouldn’t be. Is there anything we can do to improve our chances of obtaining accurate results? The leader experts say yes!

Colonoscopies

Death from colon cancer has dropped from 57,000 in 2000 to 53,580 in 2004 according ot the CDC. This decrease is related to the increased screenings for colon cancer.

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Screening and Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer

Submitted by Steve Ross on Thu, 07/27/2006 - 11:30am.

Colorectal cancer can develop in your body with no signs or symptoms. For this reason it is important for people over 50 to be screened for colorectal cancer. Screening tests allow doctors to spot the disease at an early, curable stage. Screenings also help prevent cancer by finding polyps that can be removed before they become cancerous.

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