American Cancer Society Guideline for Colorectal Cancer Screening For People at Average Risk The ACS recommends that people at average risk* of colorectal cancer start regular screening at age 45. This can be done either with a sensitive test that looks for signs of cancer in a person’s stool…
Dr. Abbadessa was awarded EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT CARE from Colonoscopy Assist in 2019! February 20, 2020 Dear Steven Abadessa, Congratulations! It is a pleasure to inform you that you have been chosen as a recipient of the ColonsocpyAssist’s EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT CARE for 2019. Recipients of this award were nominated…
We’ll just make this one simple. This is NOT something anybody looks forward to. Nope…NADA….zilch. BUT it CAN save your life. My mother, at the YOUNG age of 54, had her scheduled routine colonoscopy. She did NOT have any symptoms, no pains, no aches, nothing. She FELT fine.…
More Young Adults Getting Colorectal Cancer, Dying From It June 7, 2019 — When 34-year-old Heather Blackburn-Beel first had stomach pain, the Indiana resident, mother of two, and full-time nurse figured it was irritable bowel syndrome combined with her busy and stressful schedule. But her mother, Kaye Blackburn, wasn’t convinced. Colon…
