Colorectal Cancer Center [Text on screen: The James The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center Colorectal Cancer Center] [Music playing] [Text on screen: Matthew Kalady, MD Director, Colorectal Cancer Center The James Comprehensive Cancer Center] Matthew Kalady, MD: Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in the United States and around the world. It affects about one in every 20 people. It's also a very complex disease. It's something that's very treatable and very curable with the right detection and the right teams. [Text on screen: Syed Husain, MBBS Clinical Professor of Surgery The James Comprehensive Cancer Center] Syed Husain, MBBS: The program, what it does, it really puts everything under one roof. It's more what I like to call a one-stop shop for our patients. Robby Alexander: With oncology care, there are so many demands, both on the patient but also on the medical system. [Text on screen: Robby Alexander Patient Navigator The James Comprehensive Cancer Center] Robby Alexander: So when you can come in and you can see the top experts and they can all talk to each other. Stephanie Dolan, APRN-CNP: We know each other as colleagues and also know each other, if there's any questions or anything, we're all comfortable to work with each other. [Text on screen: Stephanie Dolan, APRN-CNP Nurse Practitioner The James Comprehensive Cancer Center] Stephanie Dolan, APRN-CNP: And can also act as great advocates for the patients and their care. Matthew Kalady, MD: Sometimes it's very difficult to get all those people together and coordinate, and it might be you see somebody one week and that could delay your care and provide a lot of angst as well. Our goal in the Colorectal Cancer Center here at The James is to get coordinated appointments and hopefully see all the people that you need to see within one day. So at the end of the day, we have a plan in place and we can move forward. We treat all forms of colorectal cancer, but there are a few areas that we really focus on. One of those is an early onset colorectal cancer, which is people under the age of 50. Unfortunately, we're seeing a greater trend of patients under the age of 50, even in their 30s and 40s, a rising trend across the country of people getting colorectal cancer. They have some unique things about them that we really need to focus on for their care. Others are people with disease that spread to other organs, such as the liver or lungs. We also offer a GI genetics and cancer prevention program, which is a specialized program looking at people who may have inherited colorectal cancer syndromes. About 15% of people who get tested who have colorectal cancer may have some underlying predisposition to actually develop colorectal cancer in their family. Stephanie Dolan, APRN-CNP: We also have survivorship, and that program is here and really accessible for the patients so that they can have a lot of additional resources to manage their care. I think it's good for the patients, it's good for us. I think the patients have really good outcomes to know that all of their care is in one place. Robby Alexander: And it is a long day. It might be hard up front, it might be hard on you, it might be hard on your support system, but what you've done is you've crammed three weeks of waiting, three weeks of being scared into one day where you can get the job done. Matthew Kalady, MD: I want you to know that we're here for you. We can provide multidisciplinary evidence-based high-quality care. Everybody's a little bit different. We'll treat you in a personalized way. We want to know what your hopes and goals are, follow those things out, and hopefully provide you the best outcome possible. [Text on screen: The James The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center For more information, visit: cancer.osu.edu] [Music fades]