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– 2010 Colorectal Screening
February 22, 2010
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You can stop colorectal cancer before it starts. Screening tests can find precancerous polyps, so they can be removed before they turn into cancer. Screening can find colorectal cancer early, when treatment is more effective. Anyone age 50 and older should take this free home test.
You can order your kits beginning March 1 - 14, 2010.
Please review the following instructions:
Two days prior to, and including the test period, a red meat free, high residue diet should be followed. Diet may include:
1. Meats: Only small amounts of well-cooked chicken, turkey and tuna.
2. Vegetables: Generous amounts of both cooked and uncooked vegetables, including lettuce, corn, spinach and celery except as noted below.
3. Fruits: Plenty of fruits, especially prunes, grapes, plums and apples.
4. Cereal: Bran and bran-containing cereals.
5. Other high fiber or roughage foods (i.e. peanuts, popcorn, etc.) If any of the above foods are known to cause discomfort, the patient is instructed to consult his/her physician.
To be avoided:
1. Meat: Diet should not include any red or rare meat.
2. Horseradish, cantaloupe, raw turnips, broccoli, cauliflower, red radishes and parsnip.
Medications: Do not ingest high doses of apririn, or toher anti-inflammatory drugs, for 7 days prior to and during the testing, or vitamin preparations which contain Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in excess of 250 mg per day for 2 days prior to and during the testing. However, consult a medical professional before discontinuing any prescribed medication.
For more information, please call (816) 271-4098 or (800) 447-2919.
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