Medicine: Preventing Colorectal Cancer Very Effectively

Worldwide, colorectal cancer is the third commonest cancer in men and the second commonest cancer in women. Screening, starting with 50 years of age, would prevent 90% of all colorectal cancers. Colonoscopy is the best screening instrument. Since 2014, there is a new option, a non-invasive stool test for DNA. The new stool test for DNA was tested against colonoscopy. Colonoscopy was better and remains the best option. However, if you say, “I insist on a non-invasive screening test and I do not want a colonoscopy”, the new stool test for DNA can be a possibility for you. Go to screening for colorectal cancer, preferably with colonoscopy, starting with 50 years of age.