Are You At Risk? Cleveland Clinic Tool Predicts Early Onset Colorectal Cancer
About this episode
Dr. Carole Macaron discusses a new tool for predicting early onset colorectal cancer risk.
On this episode of Butts & Guts, Cleveland Clinic gastroenterologist, Carole Macaron, MD, discusses a new tool designed to calculate the risk of early onset colorectal cancer, helping identify those who may develop the disease before age 45. Dr. Macaron explains how this Cleveland Clinic-developed risk predictor works, and why early detection is crucial in combating the rising rates of colorectal cancer in younger adults.
People in this episode
Host: Cleveland Clinic Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute
Guest: Carole Macaron, MD
Topics covered
- colorectal cancer
- early detection
- risk assessment
- gastroenterology
- health tools
Keywords
- colorectal cancer
- risk predictor
- early onset
- Cleveland Clinic
- gastroenterology
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Clinic Digestive Disease & Surgery Institute
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