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The Viedma Clinic joins the March Azul campaign and, on the 31st of this month, invites the community to wear a garment or use a blue bow in representation of the fight against colon cancer. Under the hashtags #VestiteDeAzul and #YoMeSumo, you are invited to share photos with the aim of raising awareness about the importance of early detection and preventive controls from 50 years of age. |
This disease represents the second cause of cancer death in our country. However, detected early, it is preventable and curable in more than 90% of cases. For this reason, it is essential to consult a doctor and preventive studies even before symptoms appear, especially in people over 50 years of age or with a family history.
In Argentina, it is the second most frequent type of cancer in men and women (11.8% of cases) after breast cancer (16.8%), and it is also the second in mortality: in 2014 it caused more than 7 thousand deaths, according to National Cancer Institute (INC).
With early prevention and diagnosis, the number of deaths from this disease could be much lower. Nine out of 10 cases of colon cancer can be cured if caught early, before the disease progresses and spreads.
Between 80 and 90% of CRC cases start with polyps: an abnormal growth of cells in the wall of the large intestine that, if detected early, can be removed before the cancer develops. But polyps grow slowly and usually have no symptoms until the disease is advanced.
In turn, 75% of CRC cases occur in people with no personal or family history of the disease.
So everyone ages 50 to 75, even without symptoms or a history of the disease, should have routine checkups to find and remove polyps or detect colorectal cancer at an early stage.
The prevention study indicated is the fecal occult blood test and / or colonoscopy, and it is performed by a doctor or specialist in gastroenterology. To reserve an appointment at the Viedma Clinic, enter here.
The Viedma Clinic joins the March Blue campaign and, on March 31, calls on the community to wear a garment or use a blue bow in representation of the fight against CCR. Under the hashtags #VestiteDeAzul and #YoMeSumo, you are invited to share photos with the aim of raising awareness about the importance of early detection and preventive controls from 50 years of age.
The * CCR in numbers in Argentina:
- It is the second most frequent cancer, and also the second in mortality.
- Approximately 15,692 new cases are diagnosed per year (8,527 men and 7,165 women).
- 4,089 men and 3,512 women died in 2015 from colon cancer.
- In 80 to 90% of cases, a polyp (an abnormal growth of cells on the inner wall of the large intestine) first occurs, which, if not detected and removed in time, can transform into a CRC.
- The development of the polyp can take up to 10 years to become cancer.
- 90% of colorectal cancers occur in people over 50 years of age.
- About 75% of CRC cases are sporadic, that is, they occur in people who have no personal or family history.
- About 25% occur in people at additional risk due to a personal history of adenomas or polyps, CRC or inflammatory bowel disease, or a family history of CRC or adenomas.
*Source: National Cancer Institute (INC) and FUCA.
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