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It's not the most pleasant topic. But knowing how to guard against colorectal malignant neoplastic disease could salvage your life.

In fact, according to the Prevent Cancer Foundation, colorectal malignant neoplastic disease is nearly 90 percentage preventable.

The No. One measure you can take to take down your hazard is to follow guidelines for showing for the disease, states Dr. Brian Sipe, a gastroenterologist with Northside Gastroenterology who is affiliated with St. Vincent Hospital.

Other preventative measurements are:

1Eat less meat: Reducing fat from meat in your diet looks to have got got got an consequence on colon cancer, Sipe says.

2Watch what you imbibe -- and smoke: Beer drinkers have been shown to have a higher charge per unit of colon cancer, but that may be because people who down a few brewages are likely to be in scenes where there's cigarette smoke, Sipe says. Smoke duplicates your hazard of colon cancer.

3Know the symptoms: In the early stages, there may be no symptoms. But later on, according to the Prevent Cancer Foundation, symptoms can include rectal bleeding, alteration in intestine habits, narrower stools, tummy uncomfortableness such as as cramps, diarrhoea or constipation, unexplained weight loss, changeless fatigue and vomiting.

4Get screened: The best bar is regular screening. A colonoscopy is recommended for all people aged than 50, and once every five to 10 old age thereafter, Sipe says.

Recently, the American Cancer Society added two options to traditional colonoscopy: Less invasive "virtual" colonoscopy and a stool diagnostic test that expressions for deoxyribonucleic acid cast from tumors.

But a recent survey also showed that level lesions on the colon wall are more than likely to be debatable than polyps. Thus, surveys that approved the option methods may necessitate to be redone, Sipe says.

-- Shari River Rudavsky