SHREVEPORT, La. - KTBS 3 s Jan Elkins spoke with Dr. Anil Veluvou from Willis Knighton Cancer Center on how important it is to get a colonoscopy screening.
The colonoscopy devices industry is moderately competitive and consists of several global players such as Boston Scientific Corporation, Medtronic, Steris Plc, Olympus and Hoya.
PHILADELPHIA – When given a choice, most individuals with an average risk of colorectal cancer said they would prefer a stool-based screening test for colorectal cancer over colonoscopy, the method most often recommended by health care providers, according to results published in Although colorectal cancer is the second most frequent cause of cancer-related death in the United States, about one-third of eligible American adults have never completed a colorectal cancer screening test, explained lead author Xuan Zhu, PhD, senior health services analyst at the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery. Zhu added that colorectal cancer screening is particularly underutilized by individuals experiencing socioeconomic disadvantages, racial and ethnic minorities, and certain age groups.
In the fight against colon cancer, the No. 1 goal is not making the diagnosis and treating the disease. It is prevention.
Although it is one of the easiest types of cancer to prevent through routine screening, over 50,000 people die from colon cancer every year in the U.S., making it the second-leading cause of cancer death in men and the third most common in women.
More than half of those deaths could be prevented by a relatively simple, painless screening examination called a colonoscopy â and yet, one in every three Americans over the age of 50 chooses to never undergo any type of colorectal cancer screening test.