Often symptoms of cancer of rectum mistaken for a manifestation of other diseases. As a result, a large number of patients, this cancer is only diagnosed in the later stages.
In most patients, colon cancer detected at the third and fourth stages, since they suspect hemorrhoids, colitis or constipation and prescribe appropriate treatment. This was told by head of the coloproctological Department of the Moscow clinical research center. A. S. Loginov Andrey Atroshchenko.
“A lot of running cases. Patients treated by gastroenterologists, physicians and do not pass the necessary tests,” – said in this regard, the doctor.
According to Atroshenko in Moscow, the incidence of this type of cancer grows annually by 1.5%. The expert stressed that only regular colonoscopy is the most effective way to detect cancer at an early stage. After the age of 50 years conducting the colonoscopy shows especially, the expert added.
“Rectal cancer most often strikes people older than 60 years. In 8% of cases rectal cancer can be detected in people under 25 years – shared Atroshchenko.
According to statistics, the death rate from colorectal cancer is the third restored of deaths from cancer. The Russian specialist said that the cancer is detected in its early stages in most cases allows you to conquer him.
Earlier Magicforum wrote that in some Russian regions, according to a recent study, increased mortality from cancer.