2020The number of new cancer cases in the world was 19.29 million, of which 4.57 million were in China, accounting for 23.7% of the world's total. As China is the world's most populous country, the number of new cancer cases and deaths ranks first in the world. Among the new cancer cases in China, colorectal cancer has always had a high incidence. In order to reduce the incidence of colorectal cancer, colonoscopy is the most effective and direct method at present.

    What are the benefits of colonoscopy?

1 Colonoscopy is the most important method for early detection of colorectal cancer, and its sensitivity to screening for colorectal cancer can be as high as 90%.

2 95% of bowel cancer is the evolution of colon polyps, intestinal polyps from benign to malignant, generally after 15 to 20 years, colonoscopy once found polyps can be removed immediately, and can be biopsied for pathological diagnosis.

3 In daily life, small polyps growing on the intestinal wall are difficult to be found or have uncomfortable symptoms, but its existence will be a "time bomb", and some will become cancerous, so early detection and removal of intestinal polyps can directly block its development into cancer.

4 Early detection of colorectal cancer, the cure rate can reach more than 90%, can save the precious lives of most patients and reduce the huge cost of late treatment, colonoscopy screening can allow patients to obtain the greatest benefits at the least cost.

Who needs a colonoscopy?

(1) there are symptoms such as blood in the stool, black stool, or long-term stool occult blood test positive; Stool with mucus, pus and blood;

(2) the number of stool, not shaped; Densifier; Diarrhea; The occurrence of difficulty in defecation or irregular stool;

(3) Long-term abdominal pain and distension; Constipation, long-term treatment of patients;

(4) unexplained weight loss, wasting, anemia;

(5) Unexplained CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) elevation; Unexplained abdominal mass; Abdominal CT or other examination found that the intestinal wall is thickened;

(6) Chronic colitis, long-term medication, long-term cure;

(7) Patients who have suffered from schistosomiasis, ulcerative colitis and other diseases;

(8) Polyps with villous adenoma, serrated adenoma and high-grade epithelial neoplasia;

(9) Family history of colorectal polyps and cancer;

40 (10)People over the age of 12, especially those with long-term high-protein, high-fat diets and chronic alcohol abuse

    Colorectal cancer can be prevented, colonoscopy is the most effective and direct way to prevent and detect early colorectal cancer, so we should take care of our body and check our intestines regularly.

 

 

Author: Chen Weifen, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

Reviewer: Wang Yan, Vice President of Health Management Branch of Chinese Geriatrics Society and director of Health Examination Center of Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University