The doctor told if colorectal cancer was related to food and who was at risk .
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common diseases, which is quite difficult and requires serious comprehensive treatment .
Ukraine , Ukraingate , 28 , January , 2022 | Medicine
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Moreover, in the last decade in Europe and the United States in the first place among malignant tumors of the digestive tract (cancer of the digestive tract – ed.) Was colorectal cancer, which accounts for more than half of all cases of digestive cancer. In the future, due to the aging population on the planet, the situation is expected to worsen. According to Vadim Korpyak, head of the diagnostic and interventional endoscopy department at the Israeli Oncology Hospital LISOD, colorectal cancer can be caused by both external and internal factors.
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“According to statistics, colorectal cancer is most common in people who eat little fiber but a lot of meat. However, we can not say that the complete rejection of meat reduces the risk of cancer. We need a measure in everything, “the doctor stressed.
Of course, the risk of cancer does not arise from single dietary errors, but from poor nutrition for a long time. That is, the risk increases with age, and, as a rule, begins to be realized in the form of tumors of the colon to 45-50 years. This age is the starting point for the start of screening, ie the first screening colonoscopy in life.
In addition to age, heredity can be a risk factor. These are both hereditary cancers (Lynch syndrome) and familial adenomatous polyps. For patients with a burdensome family history, screening begins 10 years earlier than in the healthy population or 10 years of age. “Early than the age of detection of colon cancer in the family. For patients with familial polyps, the age of the first screening colonoscopy depends on the type of polyposis and can vary from 12 to 30 years,” said the doctor.
The main danger of colorectal cancer is that before it leads to organ dysfunction, it does not manifest itself clinically. Symptoms begin only after intestinal obstruction, and this may be quite late.
“Therefore, we recommend colonoscopy to every patient over 45 years of age. Many people are afraid of the procedure because of the allegedly painful sensations, but this has not been the case for a long time. Thanks to the use of modern technologies, the examination does not cause pain! Most often during the procedure the patient sleeps peacefully (under anesthesia – ed.), And the doctor meanwhile carefully examines the mucosa. The latest expert-class equipment in LISOD allows you to notice the slightest dangerous changes – nothing will go unnoticed by a specialist. Due to the fact that the person is asleep, the specialist does not try to finish the procedure as soon as possible, so as not to hurt the patient. On the contrary: the doctor is sure that his actions do not cause any discomfort, so he does his job calmly and confidently, “said Vadym Korpyak, surgeon, endoscopist, head of the department of diagnostic and interventional endoscopy.
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