March 2008: National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
March 27, 2008 by Gloria Gamat
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Colorectal cancer – sometimes called (large) bowel cancer or simply colon cancer – seems to be in the air this week. Now that the month of March is nearly over and before I totally forget, let me quickly mention that this month is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
According to CDC :
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. In 2004, a total of 145,083 cases of colorectal cancer were diagnosed in U.S. adults, and 53,580 adults died from this disease (1).
Although regular colorectal cancer screening can reduce the incidence of and mortality from this disease, (2) approximately 40% of U.S. residents who should be screened for colorectal cancer have not been screened in accordance with national guidelines (3).
Source: CDC press release.
