Transcript March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness month

Colorectal Cancer
Preventable
Beatable
Treatable
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness month
1)
If you are over 50 years old or have a family history of
Colorectal Cancer, please talk to your doctor about
getting screened.
2) Colorectal Cancer is largely PREVENTABLE with regular
SCREENING and CURABLE with EARLY DETECTION.
3) It is the third most common cancer in both men and
women.
SCREENING SAVES LIVES
There are 1 million survivors of Colorectal Cancer
in the USA, and the numbers continue to grow.
www.screen4coloncancer.org
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