{"id":1826,"date":"2016-03-01T19:01:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T19:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/?p=1826"},"modified":"2018-01-19T12:43:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T18:43:32","slug":"march-is-national-colon-cancer-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/march-is-national-colon-cancer-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"March is National Colon Cancer Awareness Month; Age 50 &#038; Over Most At Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Colorectal cancer is Utah\u2019s second leading cause of\u00a0<\/strong><strong>cancer-related deaths; patients have a 90 percent survival <\/strong><strong>rate with early detection.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>March is dedicated as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccalliance.org\/awareness-month\/\">National Colon Cancer Awareness Month<\/a>, a time to spread colon cancer screening awareness and urge preventative screening for those 50 and older. Colon cancer is the <a href=\"https:\/\/ibis.health.utah.gov\/indicator\/view\/ColCADth.Ut_US.html\">second leading cause of cancer-related deaths<\/a> in the United States and in Utah.\u00a0 The lifetime risk of developing colon cancer is 5%.\u00a0 Most people diagnosed with colon cancer are age 50 or older, yet one-third of adults in this age group have not been screened.\u00a0 When colon cancer is detected early, there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/ibis.health.utah.gov\/indicator\/view\/ColCADth.Ut_US.html\">90% survival rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Granite Peaks Gastroenterology, in accordance with the National Cancer Institute and the entire medical community, recommends that routine colon cancer\u00a0screening begin with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/service\/colonoscopy-screening\/\">colonoscopy<\/a> at the age of 50 for those at average risk.\u00a0 Individuals who are at high risk, such as those with a family history of colorectal cancer or polyps, should be tested earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Most colon cancers start as small pre-cancerous growths called polyps.\u00a0 It may take up to ten years for a polyp to develop into colon cancer.\u00a0 The physicians at Granite Peaks Gastroenterology know that a colonoscopy, with the early detection and removal of these polyps, is the most powerful weapon available to prevent colon cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Christopher Cutler, a board-certified gastroenterologist at Granite Peaks, says, \u201cColon cancer is preventable.\u00a0A screening colonoscopy is painless, modest, safe and covered by Medicare as well as nearly all private insurance plans. This simple test could save your life.\u00a0 Many of my patients have remarked, \u2018If I had known how easy this procedure is, I would have scheduled a colonoscopy a long time ago.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are often no obvious symptoms of colon cancer, but individuals should see their physician if they experience any of the following symptoms: blood in the stool, abdominal pain or cramps that don\u2019t go away, a change in bowel movements, or unexplained weight loss.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to contact a gastroenterologist to schedule your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/request-appointment\/\">colonoscopy screening<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorectal<a href=\"http:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/condition\/heartburn-acid-reflux\/symptoms\/\"> <\/a>cancer is Utah\u2019s second leading cause of\u00a0cancer-related deaths; patients have a 90 percent survival rate with early detection. March is dedicated as National <a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/colon-cancer-awareness\/\">Colon Cancer Awareness<\/a> Month, a time to spread colon cancer screening awareness and urge preventative screening for those 50 and older. Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":1827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[60,364,368],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}