Is help available for my family?
It is often difficult to talk about cancer
- especially when a family has experienced cancer in several family
members, or in people who are quite young.
The goal of our Registry
and other specialized centres is to help families with hereditary
colon cancer by offering education and support. By helping families
to understand the disease, we believe that we can assist families
to take an active role in their own health care, leading to the
prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer.
Support and information are available from
many sources:
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Genetic counselling is a service that
is available to family members who are concerned about their
risk of hereditary cancer. A thorough family tree is developed
so that the information can be tailored to families and individuals.
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Internet websites (like this one),
newsletters and pamphlets can provide up-to-date information
about the research and treatment of colon cancer.
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Books and audiovisual tapes are available
on a wide range of topics relating to colon cancer.
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