WARREN, Ohio (WKBN) – March is Colorectal Most cancers Consciousness Month, however medical doctors at Trumbull Regional Medical Middle wish to be sure to learn about all of it yr spherical.

Colorectal most cancers is the second main reason behind cancer-related demise in males and the third in girls. It’s estimated that greater than 52,000 individuals will die from it this yr alone.

Medical doctors say early detection is important and advocate getting examined from age 45.

“If we might help forestall colorectal most cancers, we might help forestall untimely demise from colon most cancers, which is de facto vital,” stated Meredyth McNally, gastroenterologist at Steward Medical Group.

There are methods to forestall this. Medical doctors advocate limiting alcohol and smoking and consuming a well-balanced food plan.

As a result of it is Colorectal Most cancers Consciousness Month, Trumbull Regional Medical Middle provides free kits all through the month.

Free colorectal most cancers screening kits might be picked up from the Trumbull Regional Radiation Oncology Division within the Healthcare Professionals’ Constructing, weekdays 8 a.m. to three p.m. The Radiation Oncology workplace is positioned at 1353 East Market Avenue, Suite 101.

Kits will also be picked up from any of the lab areas beneath throughout the next hours of operation.

Steward laboratory service areas:

20 Ohltown Rd.
Austintown, OH 44515
MF: 7 am-4:30pm
Sat: 8 am-noon

945 Boardman-Canfield Highway
Youngstown, OH 44512
MF: 7 a.m. to midday

2686 Elm Highway NE, Constructing B
Cortland, OH 44410
MF: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

811 Southwestern Run Highway.
Youngstown, OH 44514
MF: 6 am-4pm
Sat: 7 a.m. to three:30 p.m.

Trumbull Regional Medical Middle
1350 E. Market Avenue
Warren, OH 44482
MF: 7 am-4pm
Sat: 7 a.m. to three:30 p.m.

The equipment is known as a fecal immunochemical check. The screening is carried out within the consolation and privateness of your own home. As soon as the screening is full, merely drop or mail the pattern within the handy envelope included with the equipment.

The Trumbull Regional lab will carry out the evaluation and the outcomes might be mailed to the affected person and their major care doctor, if doctor is offered.

The kits might be out there from Monday March 1 to Wednesday March 31. For extra info on free colorectal screening kits, name 330-841-9155.