According to the Canadian Cancer Society, colorectal cancer strikes one in 14 Canadian men and one in 16 Canadian women. Sadly, approximately one in 30 will eventually die of the disease, even though the vast majority of these deaths are preventable.
The key to surviving colorectal cancer is early detection: if identified early enough, polyps in the colon – the precursors to cancer – can be removed before they become cancerous. Unfortunately, the most common diagnostic method – the conventional colonoscopy – is invasive, sometimes incomplete and occasionally complicated by other risk factors.
THE VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY: LESS INVASIVE, EQUALLY EFFECTIVE
Always on the leading edge of radiology and patient care, Mayfair offers the Virtual Colonoscopy, which overcomes the risks associated with conventional colonoscopy. Major international research hospitals are championing the procedure as being at least as accurate as the conventional method in detecting clinically significant polyps and masses, with the added benefit of not requiring invasive endoscopy.
IS IT FOR YOU?
Routine screening of the colon (every five years) should begin at age 50 (age 40 for individuals with a family history of colorectal cancer or other diseases of the bowel).
To download preparation instructions for the Virtual Colonoscopy, please click here.
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