Who are more at risk than colon cancer

Martius has been established as a month of prevention and information about the colon. On the occasion of this event, the importance of preventive control and colonoscopy is highlighted for its detection at an early stage and its more effective response. Colon cancer (CPC) is the third most common cancer in the western world for both sexes (4.4% for men and 4.1% for women). “The biggest risk factor for colon cancer is the age with 99% of cases diagnosed in people over 40 years old . However, recent data support diagnosis in increasingly younger ages which highlights the need to redefine the guidelines for the preventive control of the CPU,” says Ioannis Kalliakmanis Gastrointestinalologist, Scientific Associate Health and Diagnostic Centers HealthSpot. For example, 10 % of the MIPs are, according to a recent study, found between 30-50 years of age. Primary prevention concerns environmental and nutritional factors. Physical exercise 150 minutes/week moderate to intense and avoiding consumption of processed red meat more than 2 times a week is considered to help prevent the onset of colon cancer. Secondary prevention has two main axes: one is the discovery of pre-carcinoma lesions and the elimination of them and the other is the improvement of the CPU prognosis when it is diagnosed at an early stage, which leads to early and more effective treatment and less mortality than colon cancer diagnosed after symptoms have occurred. Most cases of colon cancer are variation from adenomatic polyps while the progression of polypods to cancer is progressive and requires a period of about 10 years. An increased risk of colon cancer has been experienced by patients with: • Individual history of colon cancer or certain types of polyps (Advanced adenomas= size >1cm – with a lotum element and high degree of dysplasia) • Individual booster history of inflammatory bowel disease (sick colitis or Crohn disease) • Individual history of radiation in the abdomen or pelvic area to treat previous cancer ‘It is important to mention that conventional colonoscopy is an election examination for finding colon cancer’, points out the expert and continues: “With the possibility of high-definition imaging of endoscopes and ‘smart’ AIs finding pre-cancer lesions (artifical intelligent systems) even very minor alterations can be found and at the same time excluded at the same time as endoscopic polypectomy methods, methods developed to such an extent that even particularly large lesions can be removed”. Why would I do colonoscopy when I have no symptoms? “Coloscopy is a necessary examination to diagnose colon diseases. It is also considered to be an irreplaceable method of early and valid diagnosis of colon diseases because it enables direct vision to be given to the trained endoscopy of finding, evaluation and therapeutic treatment. Polyps are precancerous lesions that develop within the colon courtyard. They grow relatively slowly but the patient will not experience symptoms unless they increase much in size. Very useful, therefore, is to prevent colonoscopy since it can detect polyps at an early stage (before they develop into cancer and before symptoms occur)” he notes. “With preventive control in asymptomatic patients”, he adds, “large bowel cancer can be found at an early stage so its treatment is easier and with better results, possibly healing. At the same time as testing, it can be applied techniques to promote even very minor lesions in the colon mucosal (chromendoscopy) where either digitally with high resolution processors, or by coloring the intestine with pigments, we get an image of the intestine based on contrast. This is why colonoscopy is considered to be an election examination for the prevention and diagnosis of colon cancer (gold standard) and which has proven to have reduced the incidence of cancer in the colon globally. The training and careful observation of the surveyor plays a major role at this point as it can at the same time discover, evaluate, characterise on the basis of specific endoscopic classifications, and judge whether the damage can be removed at the same time or another therapeutic approach must be taken” concludes Mr.