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Kristine: EVERY THURSDAY
WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT HEALTH
ISSUE OR CONCERN AFFECTING MANY
PEOPLE, BREAKING DOWN THE
INFORMATION AND TELLING YOU WHAT
YOU NEED TO KNOW TO KEEP YOU
HEALTHY.
DR. KALANI BRADY JOINS US NOW
WITH THIS WEEK'S TOPIC,
COLORECTAL CANCER.
ALSO CALLED COLON CANCER.
AND THEY LOSE THEIR FUNCTION.
AN EYE CANCER DOESN'T SEE.
AND THEN THE THIRD
CHARACTERISTIC OF CANCER IS IT
SPREADS ZANDTLY IN ZANDT -- DISTANTLY TO
CREATE ANOTHER TUMOR.
COLON CANCER IS AN EXCEPTION TO
THE RULE.
UNLIKE SOME CANCERS WHICH GROW
FROM TWO CELLS WHICH FOUR CELLS,
EIGHT CELLS, ET CETERA.
COLON CANCER STARTS AS A BENIGN
IN THE COLON.
WHICH YOU CAN TAKE OUT.
Kristine: THE NUMBERS, HOW
DEADLY IS IT?
HOW MANY CASES DO DOCTOR
DIAGNOSE EVERY YEAR?
IT'S THE SECOND LEADING
CANCER DEATH IN BOTH GENDERS IN
THE UNITED STATES AND IN
HAWAI'I.
IN THE UNITED STATES, THERE ARE
135,000 NEW CASES A YEAR.
OF WHICH 50,000 DIE.
Kristine: WHAT ARE THE
SYMPTOMS FOR COLORECTAL CANCER?
MOST COMMON SYMPTOM IS NONE.
AFTER THAT IT CAN BE A DIFFUSE
MUM PAIN.
BOWLEL MOVEMENTS.
FEELING WEAK.
RISK?
RISK IS WHEN SOMEONE IN YOUR
WHICH REALLY PREDISPOSE TO COLON
CANCER.
THERE ARE AGE, OF COURSE.
YOUNG PEOPLE GENERALLY DON'T GET
COLON CANCER.
AND THERE ARE ARE SOME DISEASES
LIKE CRON'S DEGREES AND
ULCERTIVECOLITIS.
IS THERE A WAY YOU CAN SCREEN?
THERE IS.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE POLYPS EXIST,
WHICH ARE NOT YET CANCER.
KRISTINE, 50,000 PEOPLE IN THE
UNITED STATES DO NOT NEED TO
DIE.
SO BASICALLY, STARTING AT AGE 50
OR 40 IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY
HISTORY, YOU GO IN AND YOU HAVE
A COLONOSCOPY.
I'VE HAD FOUR OF THEM.
THERE HAVE BEEN TWO TIMES THEY
GOT PRECANCEROUS POP LIPS IN ME.
YOU TAKE IT OUT AND YOU DON'T
HAVE TO HAVE SURGERY.
NO RADIATION.
NO CHEMOTHERAPY AND YOU GET
ANOTHER COLONOSCOPY IN FIVE
YEARS.
AND HOPEFULLY, I'LL LIVE A LONG
AND NORMAL LIFE.
UP LIKE MY FATHER WHO HAD COLON
CANCER, I WON'T SUFFER FROM THAT
CONDITION.
SO COLONOSCOPY IS REALLY
IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE OVER 50.
Kristine: WE HOPE YOU ARE
WITH US FOR A FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
THANK YOU.
STOOL CARDS WE DO ANNUALLY.
YOU CAN COLLECT THEM YOURSELF
AND TEST FOR MICROAMOUNTS OF
IN HERE AND THAT'S HOW THEY
SCREEN FOR IT.
THAT PATIENTS OR PEOPLE SHOULD
KNOW ABOUT THIS TYPE OF CANCER
THAT THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW?
GET YOUR COLONOSCOPY.
Kristine: THIS IS MEN AND
WIMP.
-- WOMEN.
BOTH MEN AND WOMEN.
IMAGINE 50,000 LESS DEATHS IN