Interventions for Colon and rectum cancers

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Age Cohort: 25 - 59 years

Health Promotion	Disease Prevention	Diagnostic	Curative	Rehabilitative	Palliative
Community Level
Community engagement [community sensitization on increasing dietary fibre and reducing red and processed meat consumption and alcoholic drinks as well as regular physical exercise Community engagement and empowerment on cancer awareness and early health-seeking behaviour Community leaders and advocates engagement to address cancer stigma and identification of barriers to accessing care	Healthy life style: Healthy diet (high fibre, low saturated fats), physical activity, weight management, and avoiding alcohol and tobacco use	Recognition of cancer signs and symptoms	Recognition of danger symptoms and signs for early referral	Self-management education Exercise and physical activity Nutritional support	Home-based care with multi-disciplinary team with access to opiates and essential supportive medicines Emotional, social, spiritual assessment and support based on cultural needs, values and preferences of patients and families Linkage to address financial well-being of patients and family members End-of-life care
Primary Care
	Dietary counselling on increasing dietary fibre and reducing red and processed food	Recognition of cancer signs and symptoms	Recognition of danger symptoms and signs for early referral	Self-management education Exercise and physical activity Nutritional support	Multi-disciplinary team with access to opiates and essential supportive medicines Emotional, social, spiritual assessment and support based on cultural needs, values and preferences of patients and families Linkage to address financial well-being of patients and family members End-of-life care
Referral Facility: General
Health education on recognition of risk factors, signs and symptoms of colon and rectal cancer and leading healthy life style	Dietary counselling on increasing dietary fibre and reducing red and processed food Healthy life style: reducing weight gain and physical activity Regular colorectal cancer screening to those with high risk	History Physical examination including rectal examination Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) test Faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) Guaiac faecal occult blood test (gFOBT) Colonoscopy Flexible sigmoidoscopy Ultrasound	Appropriate management of infections Early referral for additional procedures	Self-management education Exercise and physical activity Nutritional support	Multi-disciplinary team with access to opiates and essential supportive medicines Emotional, social, spiritual assessment and support based on cultural needs, values and preferences of patients and families Linkage to address financial well-being of patients and family members End-of-life care
Referral Facility: Specialist
Health education on recognition of risk factors, signs and symptoms of colon and rectal cancer and leading healthy life style	Regular colorectal cancer screening to those with high risk	History Physical examination Rectal examination Complete blood count Liver panel Renal panel FOBT (Faecal occult blood test) Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) test Ultrasound Colonoscopy Flexible sigmoidoscopy Barium enema Biopsy Positron emission tomography (PET) Computed tomography (CT) Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)	Staging and grading Chemotherapy Targeted drug therapy Immunotherapy Surgery Radiotherapy	Self-management education Exercise and physical activity Nutritional support	Multi-disciplinary team with access to opiates and essential supportive medicines Emotional, social, spiritual assessment and support based on cultural needs, values and preferences of patients and families Linkage to address financial well-being of patients and family members End-of-life care

Age Cohort: 60+ years

Health Promotion	Disease Prevention	Diagnostic	Curative	Rehabilitative	Palliative
Community Level
Community engagement [community sensitization on increasing dietary fibre and reducing red and processed meat consumption and alcoholic drinks as well as regular physical exercise Community engagement and empowerment on cancer awareness and early health-seeking behaviour Community leaders and advocates engagement to address cancer stigma and identification of barriers to accessing care	Healthy life style: Healthy diet (high fibre, low saturated fats), physical activity, weight management, and avoiding alcohol and tobacco use	Recognition of cancer signs and symptoms	Recognition of danger symptoms and signs for early referral	Self-management education Physical exercise Nutritional support	Non-opioid analgesia for effective control of mild to moderate pain Symptomatic non-pharmacological treatment Emotional, social, spiritual assessment and support based on cultural needs, values and preferences of patients and families Linkage to address financial well-being of patients and family members End-of-life care
Primary Care
Health education on recognition of risk factors, signs and symptoms of colon and rectal caner	Dietary counselling on increasing dietary fibre and reducing red and processed food	Recognition of cancer signs and symptoms	Recognition of danger symptoms and signs for early referral	Self-management education Physical exercise Nutritional support	Opioid analgesia for effective control of moderate-to-severe pain Symptomatic non-pharmacological treatment Emotional, social, spiritual assessment and support based on cultural needs, values and preferences of patients and families Linkage to address financial well-being of patients and family members End-of-life care*
Referral Facility: General
	Dietary counselling on increasing dietary fibre and reducing red and processed food Regular colorectal cancer screening	History Physical examination including rectal examination Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) test Faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) Guaiac faecal occult blood test (gFOBT) Colonoscopy Flexible sigmoidoscopy Ultrasound	Appropriate management of infections Early referral for additional procedures	Self-management education Physical exercise Nutritional support	Opioid analgesia for effective control of moderate-to-severe pain Symptomatic non-pharmacological treatment Emotional, social, spiritual assessment and support based on cultural needs, values and preferences of patients and families Linkage to address financial well-being of patients and family members End-of-life care
Referral Facility: Specialist
Health education on recognition of risk factors, signs and symptoms of colon and rectal caner		History Physical examination Rectal examination Complete blood count Liver panel Renal panel FOBT (Faecal occult blood test) Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) test Ultrasound Colonoscopy Flexible sigmoidoscopy Barium enema Biopsy Positron emission tomography (PET) Computed tomography (CT) Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)	Staging and grading Chemotherapy Targeted drug therapy Immunotherapy Surgery Radiotherapy	Self-management education Physical exercise Nutritional support	Community engagement and empowerment on cancer awareness and early health-seeking behaviour Community leaders and advocates engagement to address cancer stigma and identification of barriers to accessing care