“Taking action now to prevent cancer and other serious illnesses will help keep you much safer and healthier in the long run.” Dr. Jean Wang Last March was a blur. The COVID-19 outbreak was officially classified as a pandemic, much of the nation went into some level of safety lockdown, and the healthcare system had […]
Category: colon prevention
Quick Nutrition Tips for Lowering the Risk of Colon Cancer
It’s March, which means it’s both National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and National Nutrition Month. And that’s an apt combination. A number of healthy diet tips can help lower the risk of colon cancer. And they’re all pretty straightforward. Eat whole grainsWhole grains are filled with fiber and other healthy nutrients. And eating more of […]
Reaching the Goal of 80% Colon Cancer Screening by 2018: Practical Lessons from Community Clinics
A great interview this week with Belma Andrić, MD, MPH on the 80% by 2018 blog highlights successful approaches that can boost colon cancer screening rates at community clinics with underserved populations. During her tenure as Medical Director with C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics in Florida, colon screening rates increased from 21 percent in 2013 […]
Preventing colon cancer: Screening works – mortality down 30% nationwide from 1992 through 2009.
The evidence on screening as an effective strategy to reduce colorectal cancer mortality has its roots in studies of fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) that showed a reduction in colorectal cancer mortality1-3. These three independent trials were conducted in the US, England and Scandinavia. Completing the clinical trials of fecal occult blood testing case-control sampling […]
Preventing Colon Cancer Now.
As we complete April, colon cancer awareness month, the topic of strategies to improve our population risk profile and reduce the cancer burden in our families, our workplaces, our communities and our state, I am reminded of many times we have written and talked on this topic. We have written on physical activity and colon […]