American doctors from the Mayo clinic declared that the last time colorectal cancer is a malignant neoplasm of the large intestine – became the second most frequent cause of death from cancer in the United States. In the first place lung cancer. This writes Medicalxpress.
About the same situation all over the world. For example, three years ago it became known that colorectal cancer ranks second for the number of deaths in Russia. The difficult situation was reported in the fgbi “of Moscow Oncology research Institute named after Herzen”.
meanwhile, the disease is treatable, especially if diagnosed at an early stage, said the gastroenterologist Mayo clinic John Kisiel. The specialist told about the most common symptom of disease.
– Patients experience pain in the abdomen. The swelling interferes with the normal functioning of the intestine. The result is a discomfort, – the doctor noted.
According to him, the current strategies of the health system aims to ensure that people were surveyed before the onset of symptoms. Usually this applies to patients after the age of 45 years.
“Gold standard” diagnosis of precancerous lesions is endoscopic colonoscopy. The procedure enables to detect a tumour, immediately to take a biopsy, and even “to carry out therapeutic manipulation,” said the experts.
