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Reduce colon cancer by 90 per cent I
N Spain, colon cancer is the third most frequent type in men, after prostate and lung cancer. It is the second in women after breast cancer. A colonoscopy reduces incidence by 76 per cent and 90 per cent as “this check up makes it possible to carry out an invasive examination of the intestine and to detect injures and polyps for their removal”. Dr Rosales, Digestive System specialist at the HC Marbella, states that “this colorectal Colon cancer filter process is the third most reduces incidence as it frequent type of identifies and cancer in removes small men tumours at the initial state of its development”. The colonoscopy has a bigger advantage over a importance of early faecal occult blood test, detection of this type of another less effective cancer, as it does not detection method. show symptoms until it Medical specialists is more advanced, in emphasise the which case, the
REDUCING COLON CANCER: The invasive examination is used to identify and detect polyps. possibilities of a cure are lower. “Some of the suspect symptoms with more positive predictive value are the presence of blood in faeces, the presence of palpable mass in the abdomen or in the rectal and bowel obstruction”, Dr Rosales states. Clinical research reveals that colorectal cancer incidence varies
Living higher up can help you slim down IF you want to slim down, you may want to move inland to the Spanish mountains as it is believed that living at a higher altitude can help lose a few pounds. Researchers found that Americans who lived well above sea level were less likely to be obese than those in low-lying areas. The study assessed data from 400,000 people living in Colorado (USA) with the figures showing that a person’s obesity risk dropped with every 660 feet increase in elevation. Other factors that could influence the results were also taken into account, like retirement age. The researchers found that adults living at the lowest altitudes had a Body Mass
SLIM DOWN HIGH UP: It is believed that living at a higher altitude can help lose a few pounds. Index (BMI), which measures weight in relation to height, of 26.6. Those living in a higher altitude range had a BMI of 24.2.
depending on age but generally the average
risk is 6 per cent of the general population.
For people with family history of this illness, the risk is two to four times higher. Dr Rosales recommends that ‘all those who have reached 50 years of age, should initiate a filter programme to detect a possible colorectal cancer at an early stage. Those who are within the risk group should consult at an earlier age to personalise the risk according to the relationship, the number of family members affected and age at which each member was diagnosed.’ The Digestive System unit at Hospital International HC Marbella, works in multidisciplinary collaboration with the rest of the medical specialists, to offer each patient the best possible solution.