Colorectal cancer awareness month

With the start of March, we are bringing up colorectal cancer awareness. We should bear in mind that it is still the second deadliest cancer in Europe.?

According to European guidelines for quality assurance in colorectal cancer screening and diagnosis, screening colonoscopies do not need to be performed at intervals shorter than 10 years and average risk colonoscopy screening should not be performed before age 50 and should be discontinued after age 74.?

Protecting one’s health is important. But many people face hurdles in accessing life-saving resources to prevent, detect, and treat colorectal cancer, including:

• Screening
• High-quality care
• Clinical trials
• Supportive communities [https://www.ccalliance.org/about/awareness-month]

Unfortunately, we are observing that only a few European countries have reached their target to screen 65% of 50 to 74-year-olds. These countries are testing 4 times more people than the rest. Reaching this target by every county could lead us to save 100,000 lives a year.

It is important to remember that colorectal cancer doesn't give many symptoms in the early stages. Those patients who follow colonoscopy screening recommendations have an impact on decreasing number in cancer rates. What are the screening options?

We are a company that's mission is to provide patients with a convenient solution for screening. We speak about patients' comfort but during the march and every other day of the year - we speak by spreading awareness about regular examinations.