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Title: A patient has a strong family history of non-polyposis colorectal cancer. What i Post by: colleen on Dec 28, 2012 A patient has a strong family history of non-polyposis colorectal cancer. What is the best advice the nurse can give to the patient?
1. Have a genetic test to detect the presence of the genetic disorder, even though the patient may never develop cancer. 2. Teach the patient the symptoms indicating colon cancer and suggest a high fiber diet to prevent cancer. 3. Have regular colonoscopies. If the colonoscopy is abnormal, then genetic testing is indicated. 4. Have a genetic test to detect the presence of colorectal cancer so that treatment can be initiated as early as possible. Title: Re: A patient has a strong family history of non-polyposis colorectal cancer. What i Post by: robertling on Jan 6, 2013 1 -- The patient should be advised to have a test to detect the presence of the genetic mutation that causes non-polyposis colorectal cancer. Teaching the patient the symptoms indicating colon cancer and suggesting a high fiber diet to prevent cancer is important but not enough with the technology available today. Therapy would only be started if the cancer is present.
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