From the Community Medical Center Newsletter??.
Community Medical Center to Hold?8th Annual Colorectal Cancer?Awareness Fair???
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In recognition of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Community Medical Center is holding its 8th Annual Colorectal Cancer Awareness Fair on Tuesday, March 6 from 8: 30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the hospital?s Outpatient Lobby.???
Participants will have the opportunity to meet nurses and physicians who will be available throughout the day to answer questions. Health care professionals will present information on risk factors, prevention strategies, importance of early detection, treatment options and nutritional considerations pertaining to colorectal cancer.
The event is free, and light refreshments will be available. Free parking is also available for fair participants. Aside from skin cancer, colorectal cancer is the third most common form of cancer found in adults in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society, which estimates that there will be about 108,070 new cases of colon cancer and 40,740 new cases of rectal cancer this year alone. Combined, they will cause about 50,000 deaths.
Few Americans know that regular screening tests can detect the disease in its most treatable stages. The goal of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, observed each March, is to create awareness about colorectal cancer and encourage disease prevention through regular screening and healthy living.
Starting at age 50, individuals should receive a digital rectal exam (DRE) and be tested for hidden blood in the stool (fecal occult blood), annually. This test along with other screening strategies has been proven to reduce the rate of colorectal cancer. Other strategies include sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, barium enema and virtual colonoscopy.
Colonoscopies at Community Medical Center are performed under conscious sedation or monitored anesthesia as an outpatient procedure in the Special Purpose Suite.
For more information or for referral to a Community Medical Center gastroenterologist or colorectal surgeon, call 1.888.724.7123.
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