Berkshire Health Systems
  • Coronavirus Information Kiosk
  • Berkshire Patient Portal
  • COVID-19 Relief Fund for Berkshire Health Systems
  • Pay Your Bill Online
  • About Us
  • Employment
  • Medical Staff Portal
  • Coronavirus Information Kiosk
  • Berkshire Patient Portal
  • BMC Parking Maps
  • Advocacy for Access
  • Berkshire Patient Portal
  • BHS Blood Drawing Stations
  • BHS Bloodmobile
  • BHS Community Benefits Implementation Plan
  • BHS News
  • BHS Privacy Practices
  • BMC Community Benefits Report FY 2018
  • Fairview Hospital FY 2018 Community Benefit Report
  • BMC Medical Interpreters
  • Community Outreach Program
  • County Health Needs Assessment
  • Financial Counseling/Ayuda Financiera
  • Helpful Patient Tools
  • Medical Interpreters at Fairview
  • MedlinePlus
  • MedlinePlus en Espanol
  • One Medical Passport
  • Pay Your Bill Online
  • Pre-Surgical Assessment
  • Request a Medical Record
  • Send a Patient Greeting
  • Wellness Works Website - For BHS Employees & Spouses
  • Worksite Wellness
Berkshire Health Systems
  • Programs & Services
    • Addiction Services
    • Anesthesiology
    • Bariatrics
    • Better Start
    • Cancer Care
    • Cardiology
    • Concussion
    • Diabetes Care
    • Emergency Care
    • Endoscopy
    • Healthy Steps
    • Home Care
    • Hospitalists
    • Kidney & Dialysis
    • Laboratory Services
    • Maternity
    • Neurology
    • Neurosurgery
    • Occupational Med
    • Orthopedics
    • Outreach
    • Pain Management
    • Pharmacy
    • Psychiatry
    • Pulmonary Care
    • Radiology
    • Rehabilitation
    • Sleep Disorders
    • Sports Medicine
    • Stroke Care
    • Surgery
    • Trauma Care
    • Travel Medicine
    • Urgent Care
    • Urology
    • Wellness
    • WIC Program
    • Women's Imaging
    • Wound Care
    • Patient & Visitor Information
    • Quality Care & Patient Safety
    • Calendar & Events
    • News
    • Maps & Directions
    • Ways to Give
    • Health Encyclopedia
    • Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA
    • Fairview Hospital, Great Barrington, MA
    • Berkshire Visiting Nurse Association
    • BHS Survey Module
  • Locations
    • Berkshire Medical Center
    • Fairview Hospital
    • North Adams Campus of BMC
    • BMC & Fairview Physician Practices
    • Berkshire Visiting Nurse Association
    • BHS Urgent Care
    • Long Term Care
    • BHS Laboratory - Blood Drawing Stations
  • Find a Physician
  • BHS Physician Practices
  • Medical Education
    • Message from Dr. Alex Sabo
    • Internal Medicine Residency
    • Surgery Residency
    • Osteopathic Medical Education
    • Psychiatry Residency
    • Dentistry Residency
    • Medical Students
    • Continuing Medical Education
    • School of Medical Technology
    • Schwartz Center Rounds
  • Coronavirus Information Kiosk
  • Berkshire Patient Portal
  • COVID-19 Relief Fund for Berkshire Health Systems
  • Pay Your Bill Online
  • About Us
  • Employment
  • Medical Staff Portal
  1. Home
  2. Programs & Services
  3. Endoscopy
  4. Colorectal Screening Guidelines

Endoscopy

Endoscopy

  • Endoscopy Locations
  • Endoscopy Physicians & Staff
  • Endoscopy Services at BMC
    • BMC Endoscopy - Preadmission Guide
    • Prep for Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy at BMC
  • Endoscopy Services at North Adams Campus
    • Prep for Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy at BMC
    • Prep for Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy at BMC
    • BMC Endoscopy - Preadmission Guide
  • Endoscopy Services at Fairview
    • Fairview Endoscopy - Pre-Admission Guide
    • Prep for Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy at Fairview
  • Fast Track to Schedule Colonoscopy
  • Colorectal Screening Guidelines
  • Endoscopy - Our Patients
    • Mary Lou Decker's Story
    • Dr. Ed Hornstein's Story
  • Screening Colonoscopy Patient Fund
    • Screening Colonoscopy Patient Fund Income Guidelines
    • Screening Colonoscopy Patient Fund Application
  • Katie Couric on Colon Cancer
  • A screening that saves millions of lives
  • Endoscopy Locations
  • Endoscopy Physicians & Staff
  • Endoscopy Services at BMC
  • Endoscopy Services at North Adams Campus
  • Endoscopy Services at Fairview
  • Fast Track to Schedule Colonoscopy
  • Colorectal Screening Guidelines
  • Endoscopy - Our Patients
  • Screening Colonoscopy Patient Fund
  • Katie Couric on Colon Cancer
  • A screening that saves millions of lives

Colorectal Screening Guidelines

Screening Guidelines.jpg
Among our top priorities is the early detection of colorectal cancer – the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S. – which is both “treatable and beatable” if found in early stages.

Tragically, less than half of colon or rectal cancer patients are diagnosed at this stage, when treatment is most likely to be successful.
 
At BHS, we are determined to reduce this alarming trend in our own community through a comprehensive program of aggressive outreach, education and screening colonoscopies.
 
Routine colorectal cancer screening should begin at age 50 and continue until life expectancy is less than 10 years, or to 75-80 years of age.
African Americans appear to be at increased risk of colorectal cancer and should initiate screening at age 45.
 
People with an increased risk of colon cancer based on such variables as listed below will often require screening at an earlier age and have to undergo more frequent screening compared to those at average risk. You are in this higher-risk category if you have: 
·         A personal history of colorectal cancer or colon polyps
·         A family history of colorectal cancer or genetic syndrome predisposing to an increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease

Read a column by Jeffrey St. John, MD, about screening colonoscopy.


100-px-Fern.jpg


 

  •   (413) 447-2000
  •   Email - General Inquiries Only
  •   Email - BMC Patient Experience
  •   Email - BHS Physician Practices
  •   Email - Fairview Hospital Inquiries
  • Employment at BHS
  • About Us
  • 2018 BMC Report on Cancer
  • Quality Care & Patient Safety
  • Berkshire Patient Portal
  • Awards & Accreditations
  • BHS Community Outreach
  • BHS Bloodmobile
  • BMC FY 2018 Community Benefits Report
  • Fairview FY 2018 Community Benefits Report
  • Ways to Give
  • Give Us Your Feedback

© 2021 Berkshire Health Systems

725 North Street

Pittsfield, MA 01201

  • News
  • Privacy Practices
  • Practicas De Privacidad
  • Site Map
  • BHS Privacy Practices
  • Contact Us