The rates of colorectal cancer are rising, especially among younger adults. Board-certified surgeon Dr. Cedrek McFadden joins TODAY with information to separate fact from myth on everything from risk factors to symptoms and more.
Earlier this year, Juanita Thomas, 63, went to her local Department of Motor Vehicles to register a car. For Thomas — a retired housekeeper, mom, grandmother and great-grandmother in Omaha, Nebraska — cancer was the last thing on her mind that day. But, while at the DMV, she was approached no fewer than three times by people offering her a free colorectal cancer screening kit. Finally, she relented.
If any follow-up care is required, like a colonoscopy, insurance should cover it, Bailey Cooper, board secretary for the Great Plains Colon Cancer Task Force and oncology nurse at the Nebraska Medicine Buffett Cancer Center, tells TODAY.com. And for those without insurance, community health navigators are able to connect participants with low- or no-cost care at the health center, Kim explains.
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