This document discusses levels of prevention for colorectal cancer (CRC) including primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. It emphasizes the importance of lifestyle factors like diet, exercise, limiting alcohol and tobacco, and undergoing regular cancer screening to reduce CRC risk. Adopting a healthy lifestyle can decrease CRC mortality by 25%. While lifestyle plays a role, screening is still important as CRC risk remains about 5% regardless of lifestyle and often begins developing over 25 years before diagnosis. Education is key to spreading awareness of CRC prevention strategies.

1. OCT
31

2. Levels
of
CRC
preven0on
screening
Primary
Secondary
Ter0ary
reduc0on
of
risk
factors
before
occurrence
of
colorectal
cancer
diagnosis
&
treatment

7. Primary
Secondary
Ter0ary

8. STOP
COLON
CANCER
BEFORE
IT
STARTS
!

9. STOP
COLON
CANCER
BEFORE
IT
STARTS
!

10. Risk
of
CRC
=
5
%

11. 19/20
not
to
have
CRC,
but
you
have
to
know
what
to
do
!

12. Q
:
Can
we
reduce
the
5
%
risk
of
CRC
?
A
:
Yes
we
can
!
But
we
don’t
do
it
enough...

14. Gastroenterology
2010

17. LIFESTYLE
DIET
ALCOHOL
FRUIT
TOBACCO
VEGETABLES
CALCIUM
FIBER
VIT
D
BODY
MASS
&
FAT
DISTRIBUTION
RED
MEAT
FAT
B
VITAMINS
CARBOHYDRATES
MEDICATIONS
ANTIOXIDANTS
ASPIRIN
NSAID’s
MICRONUTRIENTS
COX-­‐2
INHIB
POSTMENOPAUSAL
HORMONES

21. HOW
MANY
PEOPLE
KNOW
THAT
....
....
a
healthy
lifestyle
:
25
%
reduc0on
of
CRC
mortality

30. IT
LOOKS
SIMPLE
AND
EASY

31. STOP
COLON
CANCER
BEFORE
IT
STARTS
!
but
when
does
it
starts
?!

34. STOP
COLON
CANCER
BEFORE
IT
STARTS
!
but
when
does
it
starts
?!
more
than
25
years
ago
!

35. WE
ARE
NOT
ALONE...

36. INFORMATION
&
EDUCATION
ABOUT
HEALTHY
LIFESTYLE
!

37. WE
SHOULD
FOCUS
ON

40. TEACH,
TEACH,
TEACH
!
INSIST,
INSIST,
INSIST
!
TEST,
TEST,
TEST
!

42. “INFOBESITY”

43. INFOBESITY

47. AVOID
SMOKING
&
DRINKING
ALCOHOL
HEALTHY
DIET
GET
YOUR
FAMILY
MOVING
KNOW
YOUR
FAMILY
HISTORY
GET
ROUTINE
CANCER
SCREENINGS

49. LESS
MORE

52. WHAT’S
THE
DEFINITION
OF
MARKETING
?
Mark-­‐a-­‐thing
!

54. L
I
V
E
H
E
A
L
T
H
Y

55. Regardless
of
lifestyle
–
you
can
do
everything
right-­‐
you
s6ll
have
a
significant
chance
of
developing
colorectal
cancer...
Ge;ng
screened
for
CRC
star6ng
at
age
50,
or
earlier
if
there
are
risk
factors,
is
the
single
most
important
thing
that
you
can
do
!

56. When
we
decide
to
do
something
to
help
mankind,
we
take
the
first
step
in
the
right
direc0on
...
When
we
educate
others
in
the
right
steps
to
take,
we
create
a
mass
of
people
that
can
change
the
world
!
Chad
R.
Herman

57. Auguste
Rodin
172th
birthday
!
Primary
Preven0on
of
Colon
Cancer
NOV
12

58. MARCH
2013
InternaNonal
Colon
Cancer
Awareness
Month

59. TXS
FOR
YOUR
ATTENTION