Screening of colorectal cancer is focused on the search and subsequent management of pre-tumour lesions and treatable stages of colon and rectum cancer in a symptomless population of men and women.
The objective of screening for colon and rectum cancer is to increase the removal and subsequent removal of pre-tumour lesions of the colon and rectum and to reduce the amount of palliative surgery, endoscopic procedures and procedures associated with palliative systemic therapy and radiotherapy in advanced stages of colon and rectum cancer, and to reduce mortality and incidence of colon and rectum cancer disease.
Early detection of colon and rectum malignancies is an early stage of disease in which it is treatable and curable.
Target group: men and women aged 50 to 75
Time interval: test for occult bleeding in the faeces once every 2 years and screening colonoscopy once every 10 years
What you need to know before screening HERE
An up-to-date list of gastroenterological sites where screening colonoscopy is performed can be found HERE
Invitation to screening cancer of the colon and rectum is carried out by health insurance companies. In order to unify invitations, insured persons will be invited for the first time for screening in the month of their birth. They will then be invited at a date calculated by the date of the actual examination, within a specified time interval.
A simple test for occult bleeding in the stoolyou will receive a post from a health insurance company or you may request it from your general doctor.
You take the test in the comfort of home andwill be brought to the general physician for evaluation.
If the test reveals bleeding in the stool, followcolonoscopic examination in a gastroenterologistWhich reveals the cause of the bleeding in the stools. If this is the reason for the polyp bleeding, the doctor will remove it to reduce the risk of colon and rectum cancer.
You may be sent to your doctor for screening, such as a general doctor or gastroenterologist.
Screening is the most effective detection tool for early detection of colon and rectum cancer according to all available clinical data.
A large number of women and men are diagnosed at an advanced stage of colon and rectum cancer. In a year in the territory of the Slovak Republic, up to 2,000 women and men die from colon and rectum cancer unnecessarily due to late diagnosis of the disease.
This screening program is aimed at actively searching for early stages of colon and rectum cancer, which reduces the mortality rate for the disease by up to 30%.
All useful information can be found at: https://www.oncocontrol.sk/
PRE-ACCESSION OF RACOIN BY THE SCREENING INVESTIGATION
BEFORE YOU ARE ADVANCED