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This is the best summary I could come up with:
"The moment that I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer scared me out of my mind," says Shawna Brown, a union organizer in Stockton, Calif. She was in her late 40s at the time and was completely shocked.
Brown had received a screening test kit in the mail from her health care provider, but she didn't think it was urgent and frankly it grossed her out.
Eventually, during a routine medical appointment, Brown's nurse practitioner at Kaiser Permanente persuaded her to complete the screening, known as a FIT test, which can detect trace levels of blood in the stool.
And a healthy diet likely plays a role in preventing recurrences among people who are diagnosed with colorectal cancer, a study published in 2019 found.
Some of the early symptoms of colorectal cancer can include blood in your stool, a change in bowel habits, weight loss for no known reason, a feeling of bloating or fullness and fatigue.
Screening methods include colonoscopy, a sigmoidoscopy (a less-invasive scoping to evaluate part of the colon) or stool-based tests, typically taken at home and mailed back to a lab.
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