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María del Carmen Ruiz and Magdalena López visited yesterday the information table installed in the Alameda de la Constitución on the occasion of the campaign of sensitization that this entity is realizing to commemorate the World Day against the Cancer of Columbus that is celebrated today, 31 of March

The Councilor for Health of the City of Lorca, Maria del Carmen Ruiz, and the president of the Local Board of the Spanish Association against Cancer, Magdalena López, visited yesterday the information table installed in the Alameda de la Constitución on the occasion of the campaign Of awareness that this entity is making to commemorate the World Day against Cancer of Columbus that is celebrated today, 31 of March.

María del Carmen Ruiz has reported that "the Local Board of AECC in Lorca had yesterday installed until 13:30 hours this information desk in the Alameda de las Columnas and another at the entrance of the Market Weekly, both offered for free Faces with a "popular" emoticon, symbol of this campaign in the fight against colon cancer.The objective of this action was to inform the population about issues related to the disease, offering information leaflets and answering the doubts of citizens " .

The Councilor for Health has explained that "colon cancer is a malignant tumor, also called cancer neoplasia, which comes from the mucous cells of the large intestine and its glands, and is one of the most frequent in our country with 32,000 New cases per year, affecting mostly men and women over 50. This cancer is one of the few cancers that can be diagnosed early, that is, before the person notices any symptoms, in This sense can be cured in 90% of the cases detected in time.In the most frequent symptoms blood appears in the stool, change in the rhythm of the stools most frequently is that periods of constipation are interspersed with periods of diarrhea; Narrower, usually this occurs because the tumor is narrowing the intestine and does not allow the normal passage of the stool, Tenesmus or feeling of incomplete evacuation, abdominal pain and extreme tiredness or loss

Weight loss without apparent cause ".

Ruiz added that "it is important to know that these symptoms to be non-specific, may appear in diseases other than cancer such as hemorrhoids, diarrhea or digestive disorders. However, if any of them appear, it is essential that the doctor to make the diagnosis In this sense, it is worth noting that one of the tests most often performed to diagnose colon cancer early is the fecal occult blood test (TSOH), which, as the name implies, detects whether or not there is blood in The objective of CCR screening is the detection and excision of precancerous polyps to prevent the development of malignant tumors and / or their Detection in early stages.Thus, not only can colon cancer be diagnosed early and treated in its early stages,

Where survival is much higher, but even the very onset of disease can be avoided.

The periodicity of the Stool Occult Blood Test (TSOH) test is two years. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca