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Colon Check* is for women and men with no symptoms of colorectal cancer.

If you are healthy, why get checked?

  • Colorectal cancer can develop from small growths of tissue in the colon and rectum called polyps. If undiscovered and untreated, these growths can become cancerous.

  • Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in British Columbia; three people die from it everyday.

  • Fortunately, if detected at its earliest stage, the chance of survival is over 90%.

Screening can detect the early warning signs of colorectal cancer, and save your life.






*Colon Check® is a new program for Colorectal Cancer Screening being piloted in British Columbia's Penticton, Summerland, the South Okanagan, Powell River (includes: Lund, Blubber Bay, Gillies Bay, Savary Island, Van Anda and Toba) and Vancouver residents with the following postal code prefixes: V6B, V6C, V6E, V6G, V6Z, V7X, V7Y and V5K, V5M, V5R.