Colon Cancer Is NOW the #1 Cancer Killer Under 50. When Should You Get Screened?

Colon cancer is now the #1 cancer killer under 50 — and you can do your colon cancer screening faithfully and still be doing the wrong test. A cancer surgeon walks through the 5 things that mean you're not "average risk," when screening should start and when it should stop, all 8 approved tests sorted into 3 groups, and the question nobody answers honestly: are you safer getting a colonoscopy, or skipping it? 📬 DocStockton.com/Signup — The Surgeon's Brief: one email a month from Dr. Stockton with the medical updates worth knowing, practical takeaways, and a vote on what she covers next. https://docstockton.com/signup ⏱ CHAPTERS 0:00 Screening faithfully, with the wrong test 0:41 What's in this video 1:15 Not average risk #1: family history 1:42 #2: your own polyps or cancer 1:54 #3: IBD — and why IBS is not the same thing 2:20 #4: inherited conditions 2:35 #5: radiation to the belly or pelvis 2:48 What to say to your doctor 3:06 Which one of the five is you? 3:31 When to start: why 45, not 50 3:52 Why the years 45 to 49 matter 4:15 When to stop: 75, 85, and in between 4:42 Why screening can prevent colon cancer, not just find it 5:10 The two questions to ask about any test 5:29 The 8 tests in 3 groups — group 1: colonoscopy 6:02 The prep, and why it matters 6:17 Perforation and bleeding: how rare they are 6:42 Do colonoscopies actually work? 7:05 Are you safer getting a colonoscopy, or skipping it? 7:54 Why it isn't zero 8:12 Why I still tell you to go 8:28 Flexible sigmoidoscopy 8:56 Group 2: CT colonography 9:21 Group 3: the stool tests 9:59 The 8th option: the blood test 10:19 Colonoscopy or a kit — which one is yours? 10:49 87% to 37%: what happens when you repeat a kit 11:11 A positive kit, and who pays for the colonoscopy 11:54 The Surgeon's Brief 12:11 Kit after kit, and the wrong plan 12:30 When your plan changes: the symptoms that override it 13:06 Three takeaways 13:36 Next video: the blood test MORE FROM DR. STOCKTON Skip Your Colonoscopy? — what the n