About Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer and the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States. In the United States there were 146,970 estimated cases and 49,920 reported deaths for both colon and rectal cancer in 2009. Screening is an important means of detecting the disease early, when the chances of cure are highest. Screening also allows for the detection and removal of potentially precancerous growths, called polyps, preventing the cancer from developing.
Colorectal Cancer Screening at NewYork-Presbyterian
NewYork-Presbyterian provides a comprehensive range of early detection and prevention programs for colorectal cancer including colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, and genetic counseling and testing.
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
212-305-1909 Center for Digestive Health
212-851-4516 Offers free fecal blood testing (FOBT) for the underinsured. Manhattan Cancer Screening Partnership
212-305-9633 Colorectal Care Program
212-305-6731 Genetic counseling and testing
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
877-902-2232 877-902-CADC Center for Advanced Digestive Care
877-908-2232 The Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health
877-902-2232 877-902-CADC Genetic counseling and testing
NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital
914-233-3008 Gastroenterology
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
718-670-1561 No cost cancer screening services for uninsured. Cancer Services Program
718-670-2216 GI Navigator Program
718-670-2217 GI Navigator Program
NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
Additional Information
- American Cancer Society
Colorectal Cancer: Early Detection
Can Colorectal Polyps and Cancer Be Found Early?
American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer
- National Cancer Institute
Colon and Rectal Cancer
- Colon Cancer Alliance
What is Colon Cancer?
- The American College of Gastroenterology
Colon Cancer Prevention and Screening