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Colorectal Cancer Facts
- Colorectal cancer is over 90% preventable when detected early.
- Second only to lung cancer, colorectal cancer is a leading cause of
cancer related deaths in the United States.
- Each year there are more deaths from colorectal cancer than from breast
cancer and AIDS combined.
- Over 90% of colon cancers develop from benign polyps.
- According to the American Cancer Society an estimated 56,600 men and
women in America will die from colorectal cancers this year.
- According to the New England Journal of Medicine less than 30% of
those over the age of 50 have been screened for colorectal cancer.
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