REMEMBERING A BRIGHT LIGHT. >>VIC MICOLUCCI: CHADWICK
BOSEMAN THE ACTOR WHO EMBODIES
A LONG-HELD DREAM OF AFRICAN
AMERICAN MOVIEGOERS AS THE STAR
OF THE GROUNDBREAKING SUPERHERO
FILM
BLACK PANTHER DIED ON FRIDAY AT
THE AGE OF ONLY 43.
HE WAS BATTLING STAGE 4 COLON
CANCER FOR NEARLY 4
YEARS. JOINING US THIS MORNING
TO TALK ABOUT THIS DEADLY
DISEASE DOCTOR
SCOTT ACKERMAN YOU ARE ONE OF
THE LEADING DOCTORS WHEN IT
COMES TO THE FIGHT AGAINST
CANCER IN
OUR AREA. AND DOCTOR ACKERMAN
IN A STATEMENT POSTED ON
BOZEMAN
INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. HE SAID THAT
HE LEARNED HE HAD STAGE 3 IN
2016, BUT IT HAD PROGRESSED TO
STAGE 4.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING. I WISH IT WAS ON
BETTER TERMS BUT IF YOU COULD
WE WANT TO SAVE LIVES TOGETHER
AND BRING AWARENESS TO OUR
COMMUNITY. CAN YOU TALK TO US A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS
DISEASE.
>> SURE VICTORS THANK THANKS
PICK FOR THOSE KIND WORDS THEY
RAN
THIS MORNING. SO COLON CANCER
COLORECTAL CANCER IS A VERY
SERIOUS DISEASE. AND IT’S THE
3RD MOST COMMON CANCER, THE
MOST COMMON CANCER KILLER.
IN BOTH MEN
AND WOMEN IS JAY LENO’S IN PAY
IN PATIENTS AS THEY GET OLDER
IN LIFE. BUT SADLY SADLY FOR
CHANDRA BOSE AND YOU SAY
THERE’S ONLY
THIS 30’S. WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS
THAT YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE BEING
DIAGNOSED
MORE OFTEN NEVER BEFORE IN FACT
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE BELOW THE
AGE OF 50.
THEY’VE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH
COLON CANCER IS INCREASED ONE
PERCENT EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST
1012 YEARS. THAT’S
VERY DISCONCERTING WE DON’T
QUITE UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR
THAT.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: SO THERE ARE
STILL A LOT OF UNKNOWNS BUT
IT’S
REALLY ABOUT THAT SCREENING IN
THE EARLY INTERVENTION WHICH IS
SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KNOW
FOR ALL CANCERS.
>> SO SCREEN EARLY INTERVENTION
FOR ANY CANCER AS
YOU MENTIONED IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE EARLIER WE DIAGNOSE
CANCER THE EASIER IT IS FOR ST.
AND PATIENTS NEED
LESS AGGRESSIVE TREATMENT IF
THE CANCER IS DIAGNOSED EARLY.
COLON CANCER, THERE’S VERY LITTLE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF IT SO HARSHLY ANGELS, A VERY
IMPORTANT TO DIAGNOSE
HIS CANCER. SO JUST TO TELL
PEOPLE WHAT SORT SIGNS AND
SYMPTOMS ARE. GENERALLY
SPEAKING OF SOMEONE HAS
ABDOMINAL PAIN ABDOMINAL
BLOATING, CHANGE IN
BOWEL HABITS, MAYBE BLOOD HE
STOLE OR DARK COLORED STORE.
THOSE COULD BE SIZE COULD BE
UNDERLINE COLON CANCER. BUT
BECAUSE IT’S SO HARD TO DO.
I KNOW IT’S EARLY OF THE SIGNS
AND SYMPTOMS WE HAVE SEEN TOOLS
IN THE MAINSTREAM TO WE LIKE TO
USE IT’S CALLED A COLD ASK THE
THE CALL AND ASK ME IS WHERE WE
ARE. DO A PREPARATION OF THE
BALLOT CLEAN AND WE USE A
KALEIDOSCOPE
SO LOOK THROUGH THE AGES AND
WE’LL LOOK AT THE ENTIRE BOW.
TO LOOK FOR SMALL POWERS IT
MIGHT BE PRECANCEROUS AND TO
FIGHT TUMORS IN EARLY STAGE
WHEN THE CURE AND WHO IS GOING
TO ASK THESE NOW LEAD ITEMS
CANCER EARLY BUT ALSO BENCE
CANCER AND PREVENTS CANCER
BECAUSE WE CAN REMOVE POLYPS
BEFORE THEY BECOME CANCEROUS.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: AND DOCTOR
ACKERMAN SOME OF THOSE SYMPTOMS
THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT AS WELL
AS THE COLONOSCOPY.
PEOPLE LIKE TO KEEP THEM
PRIVATE PEOPLE WILL TRY TO
AVOID THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
THAT’S NOT A GOOD THING HERE AND IT’S OKAY TO TALK ABOUT IT, I KNOW THAT THAT SOME OF US ARE
PRIVATE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU JUST BROUGHT UP THERE.
I MEAN THEY’RE NOT PRETTY FACTS
OF LIFE. BUT
IT’S IMPORTANT IF SOMETHING IS
DIFFERENT YOU NEED TO TALK TO
SOMEONE ABOUT IT MOST LIKELY A
DOCTOR A MEDICAL EXPERT.
>> THAT’S CORRECT YES AS PART
OF THE BARRIERS THAT WE HAVE
TO DIAGNOSING PATIENTS EARLY
BECAUSE PATIENTS DON’T TALK
ABOUT. LET ME STILL ON TOP
OF IT LOOKING BEYOND THE
WRECKED IN THE SENATE AND I ARE
A COUPLE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT
WE NEED TO GET BEYOND THAT IF
YOU’RE HAVING ABDOMINAL
BLOATING. DIARRHEA
CHANGE IN BOWEL HABITS CHANGE
IN THE CALIBER PISTOL, THOSE
THINGS ARE IMPORTANT THAT
MIGHT BE COLON CANCER OR
RECTAL CANCER THIS IMAGE FROM
WHAT YOU BRING TO YOUR
DOCTOR’S ATTENTION.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: DOCTOR SCOTT
ACKERMAN WITH THE ACKERMAN
CANCER CENTER THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING,
HOPEFULLY THIS SEGMENT WILL
SAVE
SOME LIVES, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
GO AND JUST GET THAT CHECK UP
WITH A DOCTOR A MEDICAL EXPERT
WE APPRECIATE YOU APPRECIATE