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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