Colorectal cancer is the most common digestive cancer. Each year, about 130,000 cases are diagnosed in the United States. Unlike most digestive cancers, the patient’s longevity is good, provided the disease is detected early. The survival rate of those infected in the early stages for five years is more than 90 percent.

Screening tests would allow the diagnosis of colorectal cancer in its early stages, but the problem is that many people do not benefit from the available tests, and they are considered partly responsible for the death of large numbers of colorectal cancer globally, which is second only to lung cancer. As a cause responsible for deaths in the United States, as soon as this cancer spreads to the adjacent organs or lymph nodes, the patient’s survival rate decreases, God willing, for five years.

We – the scientific research team of the digestive system at King Abdulaziz Medical City in the National Guard in Riyadh – conducted a local study (not yet published) on more than 240 patients with colon or rectal cancer during four years. The study showed that the incidence of colorectal cancer for those under the age of forty It reaches 16% of the total number of infections, which makes the research necessary to know the extent of the need to do early detection tests for the colon even before the age of forty (it is universally known that these examinations are conducted at the age of fifty) in order to avoid late diagnosis as this has a significant impact on the results of treatment when The injury, God forbid, also leads us to another question, which is about the reasons for the increasing number of patients with colorectal cancer for those under the age of forty.

Many patients in the clinic ask me about the possibility of avoiding or reducing the incidence of colon cancer, and we summarize some of the effective factors to reduce it:

Low-fat, high-fiber diets or diets with multiple daily servings of fruits, vegetables, and starchy grains may reduce susceptibility to disease (although a 1999 study did not prove that a high-fiber diet could protect a number of Western women against colon cancer). ). Eating a diet rich in calcium and folate (a nutrient needed in trace amounts and found in yellow and leafy green vegetables) may also reduce this risk.
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), although researchers do not know

Early detection of colon tumors helps cure it

The reason is that taking these drugs for many years appears to lower rates of intestinal cancer. However, regular use of aspirin, a type of drug, does not reduce the risk of colon cancer.

Quit smoking, as cigarette smoking increases the risk of colon cancer.
Hormone replacement therapy. Women who take estrogen after menopause have a 30% to 40% lower risk of colon cancer.
Excision of adenomatous polyps, the removal of adenomatous polyps eliminates a potential source of malignant tumors by performing a colonoscopy.

Colon cancer grades:

Colon cancer is classified into grades (or stages) based on its degree of progression. Colon cancer is highly treatable in its early stages. The grades (or stages), treatment, and five-year survival rate after diagnosis are described below.

Colon score table

Degree/Limit of Prevalence Treatment Five-year chance of survival

1- Cancer is confined to the colon wall. colectomy 85% to 100%

2- The cancer has spread through the colon wall. Colectomy and in some cases radiotherapy 60% to 70%

colon cancer growth stages

3- Cancer has spread through the colon wall and into the lymph nodes. Colectomy, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy to strengthen the immune system. 30% to 60%

4- Cancer has metastasized to other parts of the body. Colectomy, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and in some cases surgery to remove tumors that have spread to the liver only 3%.

The tumor can be removed in its early stages laparoscopically