1 For individuals who have first-degree relative diagnosed with sporadic colon rectal cancer or adenomas before the age of 60 or multiple first-degree relatives with colon rectal cancer or adenomas, exams are available every three to five years beginning 10 years earlier than the youngest affected relative.
mountebank. 1  a person who sells quack medicines, as from a platform in public places, attracting and influencing an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc. 2  any charlatan or quack. 3  to act or operate as a mountebank.
Shank can refer to: a protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached. Shank (weapon), a slang for a makeshift knife usually crafted from scrap metal, or (as a verb) the use of such a weapon. Beef shank, a cut of beef from the lower part of a cow, namely the extremities. Sheepshank, a knot used to shorten a rope. In ballet, the shank is the part of a pointe shoe used to support the arch of one's foot when dancing en pointe.