Colorectal cancer/tumours

• What sex is colorectal cancer more common in?

  Males
• Where is the most common location for colorectal cancer?

  Rectum
• What are the 3 different types of colorectal cancer?

  Sporadic

  HNPCC

  FAP
• What are some how may a patient present with colorectal cancer?

  Change in bowel habits

  Rectal bleeding

  Abdo pain

  Weight loss

  Anaemia

  Bowel obstruction
• At what age does NHS bowel cancer screening start?

  50 (updated)

  60 (old)
• What is the gold standard for colorectal cancer diagnosis?

  Colonoscopy with biopsy
• If the cancer is in the caecal, ascending or proximal transverse colon, what type of resection is done?

  Right hemicolectomy
• If the cancer is in the distal transverse or descending colon what type of resection is done?

  Left hemicolectomy
• If the cancer is in the sigmoid colon what type of resection is done?

  High anterior resection
• If the cancer is in the upper rectum what type of resection is done?

  Anterior resection
• If the cancer is in the lower rectum what type of resection is done?

  Anterior resection (Low TME)
• If the cancer is in the anal verge what type of resection is done?

  Abdo perineal excision of rectum
• How is colorectal cancer nearly always treated?

  Surgery
• What happens if a patient has a positive FIT test?

  Offered colonoscopy