Colon Cancer Awareness
The following is reprinted from a website by Colon Cancer Network. They feel that screening should be done much earlier for Colon Cancer and are trying to do something about it. If you press the 'details' link below it should navigate you to their website. I'd be interested in your comments. I'm not advocating this but it is very interesting... Stacey
Colorectal cancer (which includes cancer of the colon, rectum, anus, and appendix) is the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Only lung cancer claims more lives. This year nearly 131,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer and 56,000 will die. CCNetwork is committed to making sure that no one has to go through this alone. And more importantly, we are committed to ending this cancer in our lifetime.
"Of all forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane."
- Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Project MARCH
Screening for All. Colon Cancer for None.
When: March 2007
Where: Washington, D.C.
What We'll Do:
We will meet at the Washington Monument grounds at 10am and march to the Capitol. The purpose is to demand that screening be made available for all adults and that a fund be set up for screening those with no health insurance. DETAILS
What You Need to Know:
Screening should be available for all adults. Not just those 50 and older.
Medical professionals are beginning to say it should be at least age 40. But no one is even attempting to stop colon cancer in anyone under 50. Leaving 13,000 people every year with no hope of avoiding this cancer.
Just three or four more screenings and we could nearly eliminate all colon cancer.
But if it is to happen, you must speak up.
If you don't, who will speak up for you?
posted by stacey @ 12:03 PM
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"Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed
citizens change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that
ever has." -- Margaret Mead
A friend of mine lost her 24 year old cousin to colon cancer a few years ago. The poor girl thought her symptoms were just IBS and held off getting screened. As with many cancers, your risk is a bit higher with age, and you just don't expect it in the younger folk. My brother was 45, he is a two time survivor. The test isn't bad. Get your screenings.
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