Useful recommendations in colon cancer cases

There are many recommendations made in cases of colon cancer, especially about screening options. There may also be differences of opinion in some of the recommendations in colon cancer cases and those may also change from a period of time to another, usually based on new discoveries.

Here are some of the most important recommendations that are made in all colon cancer cases by people that are in charge with national health:
- many of the people that have a say in colon cancer cases are against re hydrating FOBT screening;
- the interval for barium enema screening must be shortened to five years if better results are wanted in colon cancer cases;
- colonoscopy is the most appropriate test that is used to diagnose colon cancer on certain individuals; the patients that should use colonoscopy are those in who findings on screening were found of those who have a history of colon cancer in their families;
- recommendations for the patients that have a family history of colon cancer make bigger employment of stratification risk;
- guidelines for surveillance or genetic testing must be included;
- the follow- up of colon cancer patients must be done with colonoscopy; furthermore the first examination after the procedure has been lengthened with 2 years for all the colon cancer patients who have a low risk; that is to say that instead of waiting three years until their next examination, these colon cancer patients must now wait five;

Furthermore, there are also some other assessments that clinicians should do. First of all, they should determine a persons individual risk status right before the potential starting point of screening. This is at about twenty years old for a normal person and earlier for a person that has a colon cancer family history. The risk status is very important because it can determine when screening for colon cancer should start and what tests are the most appropriate for that person. Risk stratification is nother of the clinicians must do' s. This can be very easily done by asking some questions that can determine the persons risk factors for colon cancer. If the person has had adenomatous polyps or colon cancer, if the person suffers from any medical conditions that may predispose him to colon cancer or if there is any colon cancer family history are just some of the questions that the person has to respond to for the clinician to determine the risk factors for colon cancer.