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by Bruce Brown | November 10, 2020 | Medical
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a killer. In 2017 in the U.S. alone, 52,547 people died and 141,425 new cases were reported, according to the CDC. In 2018, fewer than 70% of U.S. adults aged 50 to 75 years were up to date with colorectal cancer screening. Colorectal...
by Bruce Brown | December 19, 2019 | Medical
Doctors diagnose 140,000 to 150,000 new cases of colorectal cancer each year in the U.S., according to the CDC. In 2016, for example, there were 141,270 reported new cases of colon and rectum cancer and 52,286 deaths. The 5-year colorectal cancer survival rate for...
by Bruce Brown | June 24, 2019 | Medical
When you hear the words, “Lie on your side and count backward from 100,” the hardest part of having a colonoscopy screening test for colorectal cancer (CRC) is over. The CDC recommends a colonoscopy today or everyone between the age of 50 to 75 (starting...
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by Bruce Brown | January 7, 2019 | Medical
Colorectal cancer is a killer. Various forms of cancer of the colon collectively rank as the third most common cancer in men and women in the United States, according to the CDC. The American Cancer Society’s guideline for colorectal cancer screening recommends...
by Bruce Brown | April 1, 2016 | General News, Medical
Doctors typically recommend that most adults in the U.S. are recommended to have their first colonoscopy at age 50, though sometimes earlier. This is a routine but fairly invasive procedure to check for colon cancer. Colon cancer is the third most common cancer in the...
