by Editor-in-Chief | Mar 7, 2012 | Colorectal Cancer, Screening Tests
(CBS News) A new guidance statement from the American College of Physicians states what a lot of American adults may already know: They should get screened for colon cancer once they get older to reduce their risk of dying from the nation’s number two cancer...
by Editor-in-Chief | Feb 23, 2012 | Colorectal Cancer, Get Screened, Screening Tests
American Cancer Society Colon cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death among men and women in the United States, but some colon cancers can be prevented with regular testing. March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, so there couldn’t be a better...
by Editor-in-Chief | Oct 27, 2011 | Cancer Statistics, Colorectal Cancer
About Colorectal Cancer Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer and the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States. In the United States there were 146,970 estimated cases and 49,920 reported deaths for both colon and rectal cancer in 2009....
by Editor-in-Chief | Oct 27, 2011 | Cancer Statistics, Colorectal Cancer
Each year, more than 140,000 Americans are diagnosed with colorectal cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. The second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, colorectal cancer starts in either the colon or the rectum and affects men...
