GI malignancy/ Colorectal cancer screening

Question 1

What is the mainstay of treatment for Head / neck GI cancers?

Answer 1

surgery and radiation

Question 2

when do you start screening someone who has ulcerative colitis for colon cancer?

Answer 2

8 years after diagnosis

Question 3

when do you start screening someone who has primary sclerosing cholangitis AND ulcerative colitis for colon cancer?

Answer 3

right when the diagnosis is made.

Question 4

when do you start screening someone who has FAP (familial adenomatous polyposis) for colon cancer?

Answer 4

start at age 10- or do a prophylactic colectomy

Question 5

when do you start screening someone who has HNPCC for colon cancer?

Answer 5

at age 20, or 10 yrs younger than relative diagnosis

Question 6

when do you start screening someone who has FIRST DEGREE family history of colon cancer, for colon cancer?

Answer 6

age 40 or 10 yrs younger than relative diagnosis