colon cancer

According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Colon Cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States, right behind lung cancer.  I spend time every day helping people become aware of it, monitor for it, diagnose it and help prevent it.  Frequently, my patients ask me what they can do to help reduce their individual risk of getting colon cancer, so I decided to write a quick blog as a reference.

When I talk about colon cancer risk factors, I break them up into those you can do something about and those you

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One of the real truths of life is that it will come to an end. This I can’t help you with. Of the leading causes of death for adults in the United States, the top 2 causes, heart disease and cancer, account for more than 50% of the annual death toll. And the interesting thing is that both are somewhat preventable. This I can help you with. Since I’m not a cardiologist, we will talk about cancer death. If you’ve been around long enough chances are your life has been touched by rectal or colon cancer. I know mine has. As reported by the READ THE ARTICLE