The polyclinic is organizing a colorectal cancer screening and prevention awareness day on Friday March 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Blue March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month led by the Ministry of Health and the National Cancer Institute. The operation aims to encourage screening for this pathology which affects nearly 45,000 people in France each year and causes 18,000 deaths.
Detected early, what is also called cancer of the colon-rectum is cured in nine out of ten cases. An immunological test, given by the general practitioner, allows screening to be done every two years in the absence of any particular risk requiring more appropriate monitoring. It is to be done at home and is aimed at women and men aged 50 to 74. Only 30% of the population concerned takes part in this screening.
This is the whole point of this information day organized on Friday March 4 by the Sainte-Thérèse polyclinic alongside representatives of the Regional Cancer Screening Coordination Center (CRCDC), the Professional Territorial Health Community of Bassin de Thau (CPTS), the League Against Cancer, Health Insurance and the Oncological Support Care Association of Thau (Assos). These five structures will hold an information stand. Visitors will also be able to meet, free of charge and without an appointment, a doctor who can give them a screening test to do at home.
Cycle of conferences from 2 p.m.
From 2 p.m., a cycle of conferences will develop all aspects of prevention, screening and treatment: Dr Marine Guy, public health doctor at the CRCDC: epidemiology of colorectal cancer in France and Occitanie and benefits of screening; dietician Marie-Amélie Pacheco will discuss the impact of diet on the prevention of this cancer; Dr. Olivier Lauche, medical oncologist, will develop the benefits of sport; screening techniques (immunological tests, colonoscopy, CT colonography) will be discussed by Dr. Réda Boudiaf, gastroenterologist. Visceral and digestive surgeon, Dr. Eric Boulay will detail the treatments for colorectal cancer: endoscopy, surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, treatments of the future.
It should be noted that this is a free and open access day, intended for the general public but also for health professionals.