This will prevent colorectal cancers from developing. Already established cancers that are discovered can be removed before they become deeply invasive. Once a cancer of the colon has become established by invading through the wall of the colon or rectum, the chances of success fall precipitously. The new legislation makes cancer of the colon and rectum detection and prevention readily available to everyone with medical insurance in Rhode Island. The Legislature also requires health insurers in Rhode Island to cover screening for prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is the most frequent cancer in men.
It is readily treated so that the number of deaths from prostate cancer is relatively small. Because prostate cancer clusters in families, men who have relatives with prostate cancer father, brother, uncle should start having their PSA and DRE at an earlier age. These screening tests are now available to all men with health insurance in Rhode Island. Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecological cancers, primarily because it is difficult to find at an early stage so that most cases are already advanced at the time of diagnosis. Women with a family history of ovarian cancer are at higher risk of developing the disease and for these women especially, but all women as well, careful gynecological examination including annual pelvic examination, ultrasound examination, and blood test for a CA125 are important to discover the disease in an early and curable stage.