>> HEALTHY MARCH IS COLORECTAL AWARENESS MONTH AND IT’S THE 3RD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
NATIONWIDE. WELL, JOINING ME
THIS MORNING TO DISCUSS THE
IMPORTANCE BEHIND THE ANNUAL
EXAMS AND WHAT WE CAN
UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE DISEASE
IS DOCTOR ALEX CREAN SURGEON
AT HCA, FLORIDA MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL. GOOD MORNING AND
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
>> MORNING RAN. THANKS FOR
HAVING ME.
>> SO TELL ME WHY IS IT SO
IMPORTANT TO HAVE A
COLONOSCOPY?
>> SO IT’S IMPORTANT BECAUSE
IT’S REALLY THE GOLD STANDARD
SCREENING TEST FOR COLORECTAL
AND AS YOU GUYS MENTIONED
BEFORE, THE AGE IS NOW BEEN
MOVED FROM 50 TO 45 OVER THE
PAST FEW BECAUSE WE’RE FINDING
COLON CANCERS IN YOUNGER
PATIENTS. UNFORTUNATELY.
>> WOW. SO WHO DOES OF COLON
CANCER ARE REALLY AFFECTING
OFTEN? WE ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, MEN, THE IMPORTANT
TO THEM TO GET COLONOSCOPIES
THAT I’M A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THAT.
>> THAT IT’S A GREAT FROM A
GENDER STANDPOINT, FAIRLY
EQUAL BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN.
AND THAT’S THE THING. THAT’S
WHY WE SCREEN FOR BECAUSE A
LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE
SYMPTOMS OF COLON CANCER,
WHICH YOU CAN BE BLEEDING OR
DIFFERENT BOWEL MOVEMENTS.
ABDOMINAL PAIN. THAT COULD
ALSO BE THAT COULD BE LATER IN
THE GAME. SO THAT’S WHY THE
CAN PICK THINGS UP EARLY. WE
CAN PREVENT IT FROM EVER
HAPPENING OR WE CAN TREATED AT
EARLIER STAGE WHEN IT’S MORE
EFFECTIVE.
>>CORLEY PEEL: THEN I SAID IS
AFFECTING YOUNGER GAME OR SO
THAT AGE GROUP RIGHT NOW THAT
IT’S TARGETING.
>> SO WHAT WE’RE SEEING, BILL,
THANK YOU. WAS THE STARTED 50
BECAUSE THAT’S WHEN WE KIND OF
ANTICIPATED PEOPLE WOULD GET
DIAGNOSED PROPORTIONALLY. YOU
KNOW, WE ARE SEEING COLON
CANCERS, NOT NOT TOO COMMONLY
PUT HAPPENING IN PATIENTS JUST
30’S AND 40’S. SO THAT’S WHY
IT WAS A BIG DECISION FOR A
LOT OF THAT SOCIETY IS TO MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO MOVE THE
AGE TO 45. SO WE’RE PICKING
THINGS UP EARLIER. AND THAT’S
THAT’S WHERE ANYONE WITHOUT
ANY RISK FACTORS. IF YOU HAVE
RISK FACTORS, YOU WANT TO TALK
TO YOUR SURGEON OR GEE, I
DOCTOR GUEST MENTOR ALL JUST
ABOUT EVEN EARLIER THAN 45.
>> WOW. SO WHAT DO THOSE RISK
FACTORS LOOK LIKE? DO YOU HAVE
TO CONSIDER YOUR HISTORY IF
YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES THAT
SUFFERED FROM COLON CANCER?
>> YEAH, BUT THAT’S ABSOLUTELY
AGREE ON A SO IF YOU KNOW YOU
WANT TO TALK TO YOUR FAMILY,
YOU KNOW, SEE IF ANYONE IN THE
FAMILY HAD ANY HISTORY OF
COLON CANCER OR RECTAL CANCER,
EVEN POLYPS. AND THERE ARE
SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT THINGS
LIKE INFLAMMATORY BOWEL
DISEASE OF CROHN’S DISEASE ARE
ALSO QUITE AS AND THERE’S SOME
OTHER TYPES OF GENETIC
CONDITIONS THAT CAN REALLY
MAKE YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT
GETTING A COLONOSCOPY EVEN
BEFORE 45.
>> AND BESIDES COLONOSCOPIES,
ARE THERE ANY OTHER WAYS TO
PREVENT COLON CANCER THAT YOU
RECOMMEND?
>> SO THEY YOU KNOW, WE CAN
JUST HAVE LIVE A HEALTHY
LIFESTYLE. SO, YOU KNOW,
HAVING A HEALTHY DIET, NOT
SMOKING BEING A GOOD LOOK AT
EXERCISE REGIMEN. THOSE ARE
THINGS THAT ANYONE CAN DO TO
MODIFY THEIR BUT
UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES WE
CAN’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
THAT’S WHY WE HAVE TO SCREEN
AND PICK IT UP EARLY OR PICK
IT UP BEFORE IT EVEN HAPPENS.
>> AND I KNOW SO TELL ME HOW
TREATMENT HAS IMPROVED OVER
THE YEARS FOR TREATING COLON
CANCER COME SUCH A LONG WAY.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, WE’VE BEEN
BLESSED BECAUSE WE’VE GOTTEN
SO MUCH RESEARCH INVOLVED WITH
THAT. IT’S GOTTEN SO MUCH
ATTENTION TREATMENT OF COLDER
RECTAL CANCER USUALLY INVOLVES
A COMBINATION OF SURGERY,
POTENTIALLY CHEMOTHERAPY OR
RADIATION AS THE TECHNOLOGY
FOR ALL 3 HAS BECOME SO MUCH
BETTER FOR THE PATIENT. FROM A
SURGICAL STANDPOINT, WE’RE
ABLE TO DO VERY BIG SURGERIES
TO VERY SMALL INCISIONS USING
ROBOTIC LAPAROSCOPIC
TECHNOLOGY, WHICH REALLY HELPS
PATIENTS RECOVER FASTER AND
JUST GOT TO GET BACK TO THEIR
DAILY LIVES IN A MUCH FASTER
AND EASIER RECOVERY.
>> REALLY QUICKLY, DOCTOR,
CORINNE, WHAT PIECE OF WOULD
YOU GIVE TO THOSE WHO, YOU
KNOW, YOU KIND OF FEEL THAT
SOMETHING’S NOT RIGHT, THAT
YOU’RE A LOCKTON TO GO TO THE
DOCTOR. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO
THOSE PEOPLE?
>> YOU KNOW, IT NEVER HURTS TO
THERE’S A LOT OF INFORMATION
OUT THERE. WE HAVE A LOT OF
INFORMATION ON OUR HOSTILE
PAGE. WEBSITE M A S JX DOT COM
OR SPEAK WITH YOUR PRIMARY
CARE PHYSICIAN. YOUR CALL
RIGHT TO SERVE YOUR GUESTS TO
ENTER ALL JUST YOU’RE NEVER
GOING TO REGRET ASKING, YOU
KNOW, SHOULD I GET A
COLONOSCOPY?
>> AND TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF
AND ASKING THOSE IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS ARE SO VITAL. THANK