Bishop Brigante, who is fighting fourth stage colon cancer, is calling on the Ontario government to lower the minimum age for colonoscopy screening from 50 to 30.
A Hamilton, Ont., musician and actor who is fighting fourth-stage colon cancer is calling on his provincial government to lower the minimum age for colonoscopy screening from 50 to 30.Bishop Brigante, who is fighting fourth-stage colon cancer, is calling on the Ontario government to lower the minimum age for colonoscopy screening from 50 to 30. A Hamilton, Ont.
Dr. Sharlene Gill is a professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia and a gastrointestinal medical oncologist with B.C. Cancer. "I do feel that we need to, in Canada, look very seriously at lowering our age of screening to age 45." Bishop Brigante, a rapper and actor, right, poses with Dr. Brian Goldman, host of CBC Radio's White Coat, Black Art, at Brigante's home in Hamilton, Ont.
The ministry said it aligns with similar screening programs across Canada, and is the recommendation by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care and International Agency for Research on Cancer.who've had the illness may start screening earlier — 10 years younger than the age their relative was when they were diagnosed — and that people of any age with symptoms can seek testing through their primary care provider.
"Because when we bring in a screening program, the idea is to do no harm," said Stein. While the FIT test is non-invasive, it's a different story with a colonoscopy. Stein said the incidences of these cancers in younger people seem to be happening more often in the lowest part of the colon, the rectum, for unexplained reasons.
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