colorectal cancer

The COVID-19 pandemic paused routine screenings, causing major setbacks in addressing systemic barriers to care

Due to a marked increase in the number of younger adults being diagnosed with these types of cancers, the screening age has been lowered

Anti-inflammatory drugs can hinder cancer-causing inflammation

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force lowered the age after extensive scientific study

“My dad was 54 years old when he passed away,” says Porchia Toussaint, who was 31 when she learned her dad had stage 4 colon cancer. “His doctor told my brother and I that because we were his kids, we needed to get follow-up colonoscopies. I had no idea what [...]

“My new primary care physician was shocked that I hadn’t had a colonoscopy yet,” says 62-year-old James Weatherall, who chose UCLA Health for his medical care after moving to Los Angeles.

“I went in for my colonoscopy expecting nothing, but came out of it with a tumor,” he says. “My whole [...]

“I was 35 years old when I started seeing some blood in my stool,” says Cameron Kalunian, whose primary care physician sent Cameron to a gastroenterologist to determine the cause. “They performed a sigmoidoscopy, which is a less invasive test than a colonoscopy. They found a large tumor at my [...]

For one UCLA Health patient, the home FIT test led to a colonoscopy and a new appreciation for cancer screenings

Find out if you’re a candidate for cervical, colorectal, breast, lung or prostate cancer tests

Lowering the age of testing could result in 11,000 deaths averted over 5 years