#391 ‒ Colorectal cancer screening: importance of early screening, colonoscopy as a screening and preventive tool, and how to build a personalized strategy

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In today's episode, I'm diving into colorectal cancer screening, why colorectal cancer is one of the most preventable cancers we know of, and why getting screening right matters so much. In this episode, I'm going to discuss many things, but among them how colorectal cancer develops, why colonoscopy is uniquely valuable. as both a screening and preventive tool, the troubling rise in early onset colorectal cancer, and how to think clearly about the growing menu of non-invasive screening options and their limitations. If you're not a subscriber, you'll only be able to listen to a sneak peek here. So without further delay, I hope you'll enjoy today's episode of The Drive.

Colorectal cancer, or CRC as we'll abbreviate it, is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States, and it's projected to be responsible for roughly 55,000 deaths this year, according to the American Cancer Society. That puts it behind only lung cancer as far as cancer mortality. And yet, unlike many other cancers, CRC is arguably the most preventable cancer we know of. And the reason for this is that CRC follows a well-characterized, slow progression from completely normal tissue to a benign polyp, to a precancerous polyp, to frank malignancy. And that progression almost always takes years, often a decade or more.

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