AUGUSTA, Ga. (WFXG)- In keeping with the American Most cancers Society, colon most cancers is the second deadliest most cancers amongst adults. 1 in 23 males and 1 in 25 girls will develop colon most cancers of their lifetimes.

                                                                        Credit score: American Most cancers Society.

Augusta College Well being and the Georgia Most cancers Heart is working to detect polyps early that result in most cancers by utilizing a brand new cutting-edge device, GI Genius. 

Augusta College Well being is the primary hospital within the state to supply this machine to sufferers.

“I grew to become a health care provider as a result of I wish to save lives. Having this know-how right here helps me have the ability to try this. So, right here in our space we now have this lets put it to use. Lets work collectively to attempt to beat most cancers,” says Dr. John Yap. 

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Dr. Kenneth Vega is the chief of gastroenterology at Augusta College Well being. He says this new piece of know-how will hopefully cut back the quantity to zero on the subject of detecting polyps amongst sufferers. “We will miss about 5% of polyps within the colon for somebody who is available in for a colonoscopy.”

The polyp will then be eliminated and there’s no threat of most cancers for that specific polyp in line with physician John yap. He says this device can be a gamechanger on the subject of treating his sufferers. “It would pinpoint us really to that particular space with a inexperienced field and say hey there could be one thing unsuitable on this space please have a re-assessment.”

Dr. Yap and Dr. Vega advocate people between the ages of 45-75 to obtain an everyday colorectal screening to assist detect early on colon most cancers.

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