Thomas Weber, MD, FACS, founder and president of the Colon Cancer Foundation, warns nurses and other clinicians to be alert to the symptoms of colorectal cancer, and urges them to become invested in their opportunities to combat the upward trend in its incidence and consequences.

Nurses are “exquisitely positioned,” he says, to increase awareness of the steps needed to improve statistics around colon cancer and rectal cancer in their institutions, from symptom recognition to diagnosis, to assistance with fertility preservation, to advancing a scientific platform that can help identify the true drivers of the trend.

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Nurses can take part in turning the tide against the disease.

Go on the Offensive Against Colorectal Cancer

Nurses can support providers in identifying patients’ colorectal cancer risk by enabling them with the tools and information needed to assess it.

“Colorectal cancer is the most preventable solid tumor on the planet,” says Thomas Weber, MD, FACS, founder and president of the Colon Cancer Foundation.

In this video, Weber explains how nurses can focus on ascertaining patients’ family history and ensuring that patients get their colonoscopies when they are due.

Ascertaining family history and promoting screening are key.

Thomas Weber, MD, FACS

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