Click here
for form to request a
Colorectal Health Screening kit
Sign up for free colorectal
cancer screening test kits. Kits can be requested
from Phelps Memorial Health Center March 22 through April 2, 2010.
Kits will be mailed out to those requesting them. Kits must be completed
and mailed back to Good Samaritan Health Systems for testing no later
than April 30th.
Cancer of the colon or rectum is called
colorectal cancer.
Colorectal cancer has been documented as the third most common
malignancy worldwide and the leading cause of cancer deaths of both men
and women in the United States.
The American Cancer Society recommends that adults at average risk
should begin screening for colorectal cancer at age 50. The risk of
colorectal cancer begins to increase after the age of 40 and rises
sharply at ages 50 to 55; the risk doubles with each succeeding decade.
Individuals at risk (family history, etc.) should begin screening
earlier as recommended by their physician.
One method of screening is annual testing for blood in the stool. Phelps
Memorial Health Center, Good Samaritan Health Systems and several other
hospitals are collaborating to provide colorectal cancer screening free
of charge in recognition of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
The test can be performed in the privacy of each person’s home by
obtaining the test kit from Phelps Memorial Health Center and following
the specific instructions included in the kit. You must return the
completed kit to Good Samaritan Health Systems using the provided
envelope. It is very important that the person that obtains the kit is
the only one that uses it. PMHC will assign a number and a name to each
kit. The number and name associated with that kit will be used for
records.
Tests will be completed by the Laboratory Department at Good Samaritan
Health Systems. You will be informed of the results within two weeks of
the testing. If the test is positive, you will receive the results by a
certified letter. This lets us know that you have received the results.
The results will also be sent to the physician that you identified on
the kit order form.
You must have your information requesting kits to
PMHC by April 2, 2010.
Click here
for form to request a
Colorectal Health Screening kit
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