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Case #1 - A 50 year old with positive stool guaiac

 
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
  1. Be able to state the current colon cancer screening recommendations for both average and high risk patients.
  2. Be able to discuss the importance of family history, hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes and appropriate referral for genetic counseling and testing.
  3. Be able to describe the evaluation of positive screening tests, which require a diagnostic evaluation, not a screening evaluation.
  4. Be able to discuss modalities for staging of colon cancer.
  5. Be able to state the primary treatment of colon cancer.
  6. Be able to list the indications for adjuvant therapy after surgical resection.
  7. Be able to summarize surveillance required postoperatively.

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