Colorectal cancer and prevention program focused on colonoscopy

Abstract

Introduction: The article deals with the importance of prevention in the case of colorectal cancer and subsequent radiotherapy Objective: The objective is to highlight the importance of colorectal cancer prevention focused on colonoscopy Research sample group and methodology: The research sample group consisted of 3,051 respondents who underwent a colonoscopy examination in the period of 2017-2022 for preventive or diagnostic purposes. The obtained data were processed in the STATISTICA program. Results: Within the studied set, during colonoscopy, diagnostic examinations were performed more often than preventive examinations in 2,301 respondents, which represents 74.50%. Furthermore, we found that age is related to the diseases the respondents suffer from. According to the age at the time of the examination, more patients were over 50 (82%), mainly due to a screening that is indicated for people of this age group. During preventive Colonoscopies, 290 cases of polyps were diagnosed, which is 39.2% of all findings. The next most frequent finding during prevention were haemorrhoids, representing 32.6. Conclusion: Participation in colonoscopy examinations for the year 2020-2021 decreased by up to 13.00% compared to the previous period due to the impact of the Covid pandemic. The impact of neglecting preventive examinations, according to experts, may be manifested in the next few years by a higher growth in the number of patients with colorectal cancer in an advanced stage of the disease, and it is important to point out the significance of colorectal cancer prevention focused on colonoscopy.