Colorectal cancer can be prevented

Name and surname of the author: Hana Glancová Institution: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Department of Social Medicine, Department of Nursing Title of the work: Colorectal cancer is preventable. Academic advisor: Mgr. Eva Vachková, Ph.D. Number of pages: 130 Number of attachments: 7 Year of defense: 2016 Key words: cancer, colon and rectal cancer, prevention, screening, health literacy, education Bachelor thesis is focused on cancers of the colon and rectum. It deals with prevention, especially primary and secondary, risk factors, awareness of the population about the disease and a healthy lifestyle. In the theoretical part is mentioned etiology and pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of this disease. Another area of thesis is the first part of prevention and primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary. There are discussed the possibility of prevention and generally due to cancer of the colon and rectum. The role of the nurse in prevention, education, the development of health literacy of the population and health literacy are two chapters, which ends with the theoretical part of the thesis. In the empirical part the quantitative research using questionnaires. The aim was to obtain data on the public awareness of colon cancer, including..