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Cancer Genetics |
Family History of Colon Cancer01/01/2008 01:14AM |
I`m, a fairly healthy healthy 51 year old guy who does not get any regular medical checkups. I recently got a pcp, who did my first real annual physical in over 10 years and the quesion os "anyone in your family with cancer?" to which I anseed no...my dad and sister both had colon cancer, which was treated and cured...I assumed that this question meant did anyone die from cancer, now I`m guessing that she meant did anyone "have" it. I think that I was subconsciously trying to delay the flex-sig exam that she had suggested sometime have her perform sometime in the future....and she said since I didn`t have symptoms; it could wait....do I need to correct my family cancer history or does it only count if the family member dies from colon cancer? thanks
The current recommendations are for someone like yourself with 2 first degree relatives with colon cancer to have a colonoscopy at age 40, so regardless of whether they died from cancer or not. So at age 51, you should get screened sooner than later.
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Gregory S Cooper, MD Associate Professor Ireland Cancer Center Gastroenterology Division University Hospitals School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University |
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