Colorectal Cancer — Step 3: Take Action To Reduce Your Colorectal Cancer Risk | email this page |
While no one can say you will never get cancer, there are
some things you can do to reduce your risk. Screening is a way to check
for cancer when there are no symptoms. Very effective screening tests
are available for colorectal cancer. What You Can Do The two most important things you can do to reduce your risk of colorectal cancer are to get screened regularly and to follow your doctor's recommendations for follow-up. Your doctor will tell you which screening test is most appropriate for you. |
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Colorectal Cancer Risk Reduction Action Tool
Below are risk factors for colorectal cancer. Select the ones you want to work
on and to put on your risk reduction list. After you build your list, you
can print it out and take it to your doctor to discuss your action plan.