262014Mar

March – National Coloretal Awareness Month

March is colorectal cancer awareness month.  Colorectal cancer is cancer that affects the colon or the rectum.  Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in cancers that affect both men and women.  The CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, estimates that every year around 140,000 Americans are diagnosed with colorectal cancer…

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192012Nov

The Importance of Having a Screening Colonoscopy at Age 50

Besides skin cancer, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer found in both men and women in the United States. Screening colonoscopies can help prevent colorectal cancer and find it early. The American Cancer Society most recent estimates for the cases of colorectal cancer cases in the United States for 2012 are: 103,170 new…

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