>>JENNIFER WAUGH: WOMEN FREQUENTLY HAVE THE PERCEPTION THAT COLON CANCER IS A MAN’S
DISEASE STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT
WOMEN ARE LESS LIKELY TO GET
SCREENED FOR IT, BUT THE TRUTH
IS BOTH MEN AND WOMEN ARE
AT RISK. THIS MORNING WE’RE
TALKING HEALTH WITH DOCTOR
SCOTT ACKERMAN FROM THE
ACKERMAN CANCER CENTER GOOD
MORNING, THANKS FOR BEING
WITH US. JESSICA SEE TODAY SO
WHAT IS THE RISK OF WOMEN
DEVELOPING COLON CANCER
COMPARED
TO MEN.
>> WAS SO WOMEN HAVE A VERY
VERY SIMILAR RISK, IT’S ONLY
SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN MEN ISRAEL
ONE
IN 20 4 MEN WILL DEVELOP
COLORECTAL CANCER SOME TIME IN
THE LIFETIME
AND FOR WOMEN IS ONE 25 SO IT’S
A VERY
SLIGHT DIFFERENCE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO A LOT OF
WOMEN ACTUALLY FROM MY
UNDERSTANDING MISTAKE AS SOME
OF THE SIGNS OF COLON CANCER
HAS SYMPTOMS OF THEIR MENSTRUAL
CYCLE. SO WHAT SYMPTOMS SHOULD
THEY THEN BE LOOKING FOR SO
THEY DON’T
GET CONFUSED.
>> IF WE RECOMMEND COLON CANCER
SCREENING AND WHAT KIND OF AND
COOK IN SWEDEN FREQUENTLY IS
COLONOSCOPY AND SO WE
KIND OF TRIGGERS PEOPLE TO
THINK ABOUT IT AND TO DO
SCREENING OF SOME SYMPTOMS THAT
THEY MIGHT HAVE AND SO THE
SYMPTOMS THAT YOU HAVE A CALLER
IS CANCER CAN
FREELY MIMIC SYMPTOMS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE MENSTRUAL
CYCLE AND WOMEN AND SO SO WOMEN
ARE THAT’S WHETHER LESS
LIKELY TO TO BE TRIGGERED TO GO
TO HAVE A COLONOSCOPY BUT A
CHANGE IN
BOWEL HABITS, CHANGING THE
BLOOD IN STOOL ABDOMINAL PAIN
OR DISCOMFORT, MAYBE SOME 50 OR
WEAKNESS OR MAYBE SOME WEIGHT
LOSS. ASSOCIATE WITH COLORECTAL
CANCER. SO A LOT OF THEIR
SYMPTOMS. WOMEN HAVE JUST
NATURALLY EVERY MONTH. AND SO
IT DOESN’T SEEM TO BE ODD TO
THEM WEARS A MAN
IF HE HAS BLOOD IN STOOL, HE
HAS SOME ABDOMINAL CRAMPS OR
BOMBS COMFORT. HE MAY BE MORE
ALARMED AT THAT AND THEN THAT
WILL PROMPT HIM TO TALK TO HIS
WIFE OR TALK TO HIS FAMILY
FRIENDS AND THEN MAYBE A PROMPT
HIM TO HAVE SOME CALL RECTAL
CANCER SCREENING, YEAH, IT’S
INTERESTING I GRIMACE AT THAT
THE DELL HIS WIFE AND HIS WIFE
IS THE ONE IS FISH YOU NEED TO
GET THAT CHECKED OUT FREQUENTLY
AS
WE SEE.
>> AND GIVEN THAT AND BECAUSE
YOU KNOW A COLONOSCOPY CAN
BE EXPENSIVE AND YOU OBVIOUSLY
WANT TO HAVE INSURANCE THAT
COVERS AND AT WHAT AGE THEN
DOES INSURANCE COVER THAT AND
DO YOU RECOMMEND THAT A WOMAN
OR A MAN GET
A COLONOSCOPY.
>> WILL INSURANCE COVERAGE IS
PRETTY BROAD
RIGHT NOW USED TO BE AN ISSUE
WHERE WE’RE INSURANCE WOULDN’T
COVER COLONOSCOPIES LIKE IT WAS
AN ISSUE YEARS AGO WITH
MAMMOGRAMS BUT A LOT OF
LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS HAVE BEEN
PUT FORTH AND SO CORNERS TO
COVERAGE IS PRETTY BROAD NOW
FOR A PAY FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE
ARE APPROPRIATE TO BE SCREENED.
SO A RECOMMENDATION IS HAVE
YOUR FIRST COLON CANCER
SCREENING AT AGE 45. IF YOUR
AVERAGE RISK IF YOU’RE HIGH
RISK. WE RECOMMEND DROPPING IT
DOWN TO AGE 40 AND HIGH RISK OF
SOME WITH A FAMILY HISTORY OF
COLON CANCER OR MAYBE SOMEONE
WHO’S HAD PROBLEMS BEFORE IN
POLYPS. AND IF THE COLD ASK
THESE CLEAN AND THERE’S NO
OTHER ISSUES THEN YOU WANT TO
BE 10 YEARS. BUT IF THE
COLONOSCOPY IS SEES A POLYP OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT HE OR SHE
MAY WANT TO. RECOMMEND A CALL
ASKING MORE FREQUENTLY THAN
THAT.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: IS THERE
ANYTHING THAT SOMEONE CAN DO TO
PREVENT
COLON CANCER.
>> SO YOU CAN’T PREVENT COVID
WE REMEMBER DOING A COLONOSCOPY
BECAUSE THAT WILL FIND POLYPS
THAT ARE EARLY BEFORE THEY
BECOME CANCEROUS SO FOR US WE
ONLY DIAGNOSE CANCER EARLY BUT
PREVENTS CALL RECTAL CANCER BY
REMOVING THESE HOUSE BEFORE
THEY HAVE A CHANCE BECOME
CANCEROUS BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO
IS MINIMIZE YOUR RISK OF
COLORECTAL CANCER BY HAVING A
DIET THAT’S HIGH IN FIBER BY
LIMITING YOUR ALCOHOL
CONSUMPTION BY AVOIDING
SMOKING. THEY HAVE THE
APPROPRIATE BODY MASS INDEX.
THOSE ARE
THINGS WE’LL MINIMIZE YOUR RISK
OF COLON CANCER. ALSO HERE IN
THE SCREEN YOU SEE AT THE
BOTTOM LIMIT USE OF IBUPROFEN
AND NAPROXEN THESE ARE
NON-STEROIDAL
ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES AND
ACTUALLY THOSE WILL HELP
MINIMIZE OR IT’S BEEN SHOWN
THAT THAT TAKING A MOTOR IN
THOSE AND THIS RED RUG.
ACTUALLY LOWERS YOUR RISK OF
COLON CANCER BUT IN HIGH DOSES
SO SEE LIMITED IN HIGH DOSES
THAT COULD CAUSE RECTAL
BLEEDING GASH AT LEADING AND
THOSE SORT
OF THINGS.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND BOTTOM
LINE YOU NEED TO SPOT THE
SYMPTOMS ANYMORE REMEMBERED OF
COURSE, THE
KING CANCER DOT CAN CAN AFFECT
ANYONE AND ANY AGE WE REMEMBER
IT AS IF THOSE MEN AT THE AGE
OF
43 DIED OF COLON CANCER AND HE