WELCOME BACK MARCH IS
COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS
SECOND-LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER
DEATHS IN THE U.S. I SPOKE
WITH CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER FOR
MEDICAID, DOCTOR DIANA WEBER
SHE'S FROM A BLUE CROSS BLUE
SHIELD OF NEW MEXICO TALKING
ABOUT RISK FACTORS SYMPTOMS
AND SCREENING GUIDELINES FOR
COLON CANCER AND HOW YOU CAN
REDUCE YOUR RISK OF GETTING
IT. DOCTOR DIANA WEATHER IS
JOINING US THIS MORNING. SHE
IS WITH A BLUE CROSS BLUE
SHIELD OF NEW MEXICO DOCTOR
WEBER GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH
US.
THANK YOU, THANKS 90.
DEFINITELY SO THE SUBJECT OF
TO BE FOCUSING ON RIGHT HERE
IS COLORECTAL CANCER FOR THE
VIEWERS AT HOME THAT EXPLAIN
WHAT THAT IS.
TO COLON CANCER DEVELOPS IN
THE LARGE INTESTINE WHICH
INCLUDES THE COLON AND DIRECT
THEM AND IT'S USUALLY A VERY
SMALL GROWTH THAT STARTS ON
THE INNER LINING OF THE COLON,
HE STARTS OFF AS A POLITIC AND
BUT NOT ALL POLITICS, OUR
CANCER. ALL IT CAN DEVELOP
INTO CANCER WHICH IS PROBABLY
WANT TO REMOVE POLYPS IN THE
ATTACK THEM BEFORE THEY CAN
DEVELOP INTO CANCER. YEAH.
HOW IMPORTANT ARE THE
CHECKUPS YOU YOU AS YOU GET
OLDER PERSON GETS OLDER THAT
THAT THEY HAVE THESE KIND OF
DISCOVER THIS EARLY ENOUGH.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BY THE
TIME YOU GET ANY SYMPTOMS OF
LITTLE BIT OF AN STILL
TREATABLE, BUT WE WANT TO
DETECT COLON CANCER BEFORE YOU
HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS. SO THAT'S
WHY WE RECOMMEND SCREENING WE
RECOMMEND SCREENING EVERYBODY
STARTING AT AGE 50 WITH A
SCREENING COLONOSCOPY.
ACTUALLY THERE ARE SOME NOW
WRECK NOW SOME RECOMMENDATIONS
BACK AND THEN HE STARTED EVEN
ESPECIALLY FOR AFRICAN
AMERICANS. SO WE RECOMMEND
EVERYBODY GETS CREAMY BETWEEN
THE AGES OF 5075 BECAUSE OF A
BE REMOVED BEFORE THE CHANCE
TO DEVELOP INTO CANCER.
SO-CALLED MOSQUE IS THE GOLD
STANDARD. LET'S TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THE RISK FACTORS THAT
THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD A
ASSUMING.
FAMILY HISTORY WOULD BE
PREVALENT AS WELL.
OH YES, THIS FAMILY
HISTORY, THE BIG RISK FACTOR.
THERE ARE ALSO SOME GENETIC
HEAR IT FROM YOUR FAMILY THAT
EVEN ARE MORE RISKY. COURSE AS
WE AGE ARE AT RISK FOR CANCER
INCREASES. AND THERE'S SOME
GREAT CONDITIONS ALSO INCREASE
YOUR RISK AND THERE'S SOME
BEHAVIORAL THINGS THAT
INCREASE YOUR RISK SO A DIET
HIGH IN RED MEAT AND PROCESSED
DRINKING TOO MUCH ALCOHOL
SMOKING AND NOT EXERCISING ALL
THE THINGS THAT THAT KIND OF
PUT AT RISK FOR OTHER DISEASES
AS WELL. WELL.
SO RIGHT NOW I MEAN THAT
THERE'S BEEN LEAPS AND BOUNDS
BEEN ABLE TO BIT TO BE
DETECTED. AND LIKE YOU SAID
LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE
ADVANCEMENTS IT'S BEEN
SOMETHING CALLED VIRTUAL
COLONOSCOPY WHICH WE IT'S NOT
THE GOLD STANDARD A
COLONOSCOPY THAT IS ONE OPTION
TESTS PROTECTION AGAIN NOT AS
SCREENING. COLONOSCOPY.
HAVE GOTTEN MUCH BETTER.
THERE ARE MOST. IT'S VERY WELL
ABOUT THE PROCESS ITSELF OR
THE PREP BUT IT'S ACTUALLY
VERY WELL TOLERATED. AND THE
GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE NOW KNOW
CLEANED COLONOSCOPY AT AGE
POLICY ANYTHING YOU DON'T NEED
ANOTHER WANT TO WAIT 60
TICKETS GO 10 YEARS. AND SO
THERE'S ADVANTAGE IN TREATMENT
AS WELL. WE CAN TREAT COLON
CANCER WITH LESS INVASIVE
SURGERY AND THERE ARE OF
COURSE WHEN IT'S MORE DANCE.
THERE ARE OTHER CHEMOTHERAPY
BUT WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO
IS CATCH IT EARLY SO IT'S JUST
A MATTER OF SURGICALLY
REMOVING IT AND LETTING YOU
GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE.
AND AGAIN BEING AWARE
POSSIBLE SYMPTOMS AS WELL
YES, SO SYMPTOMS AGAIN WHEN
YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS. YOU YOU
KNOW YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO
SEE A DOCTOR BUT YOU DON'T
WANT TO WAIT TILL YOU HAVE
SYMPTOMS ARE LEADING IN THE
WRECKED THEM. BLOOD IN YOUR
STOOL. FATIGUE, UNEXPECTED
WEIGHT LOSS IN A PERSISTENT
CHANGE IN BOWEL HABITS SUCH AS
PERSISTENT DIARRHEA
CONSTIPATION.
DOCTOR WEBER WHERE CAN WE
GO TO FIND MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT ALL THIS.
I RECOMMENDED THE AMERICAN
CANCER SOCIETY WEB PAGE WHICH
IS SIMPLY CANCER DOT ORG.
RIGHT.
THIS IS VERY VERY VALUABLE
INFORMATION AND AGAIN
SOMETHING TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR IT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET
THOSE SCREENINGS DONE EARLY
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING
US. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK