Saturday, May 24, 2008

How many people in the United States die from colon cancer


How many people in the United States die from colon cancer?

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Next to heart conditions that are the leading cause of death,colon cancer death,I'm pretty sure,is #2.The reason is people are afraid as well as ashamed to get screened or checked out due to embarrassment of the process.
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too many. including my father and my sister. Each year, more than 50,000 people die from colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death due to cancer for men and women combined. (Lung cancer is the first.) Someone dies from colorectal cancer every 9.3 minutes. More lives are lost each year to colorectal cancer than to breast cancer and AIDS combined. Colorectal cancer is one of the most common, and yet preventable, cancers.






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