Colorectal Cancer Risk Assessment

The first step in caring for yourself  is knowing if you may be at increased risk for colorectal cancer. While the questions below are no substitute for an annual check-up with your family physician, it can help to have some idea where you stand in terms of risks for colorectal cancer. Good luck! (If you do not have a physician and you would like to find out more about colorectal cancer, call toll free at  1-888-4GUTHRIE (1-888-448-8474).

 

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Colorectal Cancer Risk Screening

Questions:

(Click on "Yes" or "No"or enter your personal answer for each question below.) 

1.) What is your age?

2.) Have you ever been diagnosed with colorectal cancer or cancerous polyps?

Yes  No

3.) Have any members of your immediate family been diagnosed with colon cancer or cancerous polyps? (check all that apply

Mother

Father

Brother/Sister? If more than one, how many?

Child? If more than one, how many?

4.) If you chose one of the relatives above, were they diagnosed with colon cancer or cancerous polyps prior to age 60?

Yes   No

5.) Have you ever been told that you have Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis? 

Yes   No

6.) Are you currently experiencing rectal bleeding or black, tarry stools?

Yes   No

7.) Do you have a history of breast, ovarian, or uterine cancer? 

Yes   No

If you answered "yes" to one or more questions, you may be at risk for colorectal cancer.  

Please select "PRINT" on the File menu to print this form to discuss it with your Guthrie Physician.

Cancer diagnosis is becoming more complex, and treatments more sophisticated. But Guthrie physicians are trained in a wide variety of approaches to deal with cancer, including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy.

Colorectal cancer is cancer of the colon and/or rectum. An estimated 131,200 new cases were diagnosed in the United States in 1998, and 55,000 people died from the disease. It is the third leading cause of cancer-related death in both males and females.

Beginning at age 40, people become at risk for colorectal cancer, and the risk factor increases with age. The cause of colorectal cancer is uncertain, and may be associated with environmental, nutritional, and genetic factors. Colorectal cancer occurs more frequently in the African-American population than in other racial or ethnic groups.

Testing for the presence of colorectal cancer involves fecal occult blood testing, a digital rectal exam, sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, and/or barium enema.

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