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Free bowel cancer screening
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SHANGHAI will offer free screening for bowel cancer, the fastest-growing cancer in the city, to 300,000 retired residents this year, officials said yesterday.
Retired residents, including expats and those who have lived in the city for over six months, can apply to receive the free screening at nearby medical centers in their subdistricts.
The screening includes a questionnaire to evaluate their bowel cancer risks and a fecal occult blood test, which can effectively detect the disease in its early stages, the Shanghai Health and Family Planning Commission announced. People can call the hotline number 12320 for more information. English service is available. Bowel cancer has become the second-most common cancer in the city after lung cancer. Stomach cancer ranks third, the commission said.
“The increasing number of bowel cancer cases is due to lifestyle factors such as eating too much meat and not enough grains and vegetables,” said Zheng Ying, an official with the Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Lifestyle factors aside, the fecal occult blood test is the best way to prevent deaths from bowel cancer, according to experiments conducted around the world.
Polyps inside the bowel can become cancerous within five years, so it is important to detect it in the early stages.
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