Jonathan Mitchem – Screening for Colorectal Cancer: No ifs, and, or butts!

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There are multiple forms of colon cancer screening and some are better than others. The ages to begin are different depending on family history and the follow up is different depending on the test used and outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

•   Understand the different methods for colorectal cancer screening, relative positives and negatives, and current recommendations.
•   Determine when to start colorectal cancer screening.
•   Recognize high-risk factors and when to refer the patient for specialty surveillance.
•   Understand the basics of follow up screening and surveillance after initial colonoscopy.
•   Understand the increase in early-onset colorectal cancer and recognize potential alarm systems.

Dr. Jonathon Mitchem received his medical degree from the Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. He completed his general surgery residency at Washington University in St. Louis and a Colorectal Surgery Fellowship at the Lahey Clinic in Boston, Massachusetts. He is board certified in General Surgery by the American Board of Surgery. He is also certified in Colon and Rectal Surgery by the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. In addition to his surgical practice, Dr. Mitchem has been busy in the research lab studying immune-based and precision therapy in colorectal cancer funded by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

Dr. Mitchem is currently a Colorectal and General Surgeon at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital and the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.

Dr. Mitchem discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of his presentation.