Colorectal Cancer Symptoms and Screening Discussed
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Dr. Linda Rabeneck, chief, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook, discusses colorectal cancer symptoms, the colonoscopy procedure, screening before symptoms, the FOBT test, familial risk, and the need for open discussion to help overcome our cultural discomfort in talking about the second leading cause of cancer death in Canada.
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- Genetic colon cancers targeted by N.L. program (cbc.ca)
- New CDC Study Finds Colorectal Cancer Screening Practices Need Improvement (nlm.nih.gov)
- Many Doctors Not Using Colon Cancer Test Properly (nlm.nih.gov)
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