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Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer found among Thais. Many patients who have never undergone colonoscopy as a cancer screening test are often diagnosed with the disease at a severe stage. Primarily because it is seen as an implausibility, or they decide to do the test only when abnormal abdominal pain starts to show and bleed during defecation. Colonoscopy for a colorectal cancer screening test should be done at the age of 40 and above for 3 following reasons.

Breast Cancer is the most common cancer found in Thai women and is the leading cause of death, with approximately 41% found in patients aged between 40-49 years old and 18.6% in women under 39 years old. Self-observation is therefore crucial, as it will increase the chance of early-stage diagnosis of breast cancer and result in successful treatment. The following 7 signs should be monitored.

Currently, with the help of cutting-edge technology, digital mammogram machine has been developed into 3D Digital Breast Tomosynthesis that takes only 3.7 seconds to capture each x-ray image.

Thailand continues to hold its first place in breast cancer mortality rate in women for many consecutive years. Breast Cancer screening with mammogram machine in conjunction with breast ultrasound that produces high resolution images is therefore vital in detecting breast cancer at a very early stage, as it creates an opportunity for the patient to be completely cured.

Breast pain in women can be one of the warning signs of breast cancer. When symptoms arise, patient must seek an immediate medical attention to rule out the cause of pain.

How many of us are aware of the risk factors contain in our daily consumptions for Colorectal Cancer, especially in red meat and processed food. We go on to our day to day lives without paying enough attention to what we consume. 

With today’s medical development, it allows us to know that colorectal cancer is caused by polyps in the large bowel. Most of the patients who have polyps usually have no symptoms until the polyps get bigger and transform into cancer. Currently, the polyps in the colon can be detected by colonoscopy, even if it is just 2 mm. small or mung bean size. Moreover, it will be used along with the Magnifying Narrow Brand Imaging or Magnifying NBI in short.

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancer in Thailand, and the number of people who have colorectal cancer are rising every year. The cause of colorectal cancer is unknown, however, the major risk factor of colorectal cancer is eating behavior. Nowadays, people prefer consuming food that is easier, faster, and convenient to consume such as frozen food or processed food like instant noodle, sausage, etc.Dr. Supakij Komvilai, a colorectal surgeon of Vejthani Hospital explained that most of the patients who have colorectal cancer usually have no idea that they have cancer because colorectal cancer in the early stage shows no signs and symptoms. But, if the patients have the symptoms like blood in the stool, small stool, constipation alternate with diarrhea, abdomen distention, stomach tightness, or lump in the abdomen; it means that it is in the spreading stage already, and it needs to be treated by colorectal surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or colostomy in some cases.

The prostate is a gland residing between the bladder and penis. It lies in front of the rectum, and the urethra runs through it, allowing urine to flow out of the body. Crucially, the prostate makes the fluid that nourishes and protects sperm. Prostate cancer is one of the most commonly occurring cancers in males.