Regular Screenings And Healthy Living Reduce Colon Cancer Risk
More than 100,000 people will develop colon cancer in 2007, according to the American Cancer Society; the disease currently causes more than 55,000 U.S. deaths annually. However, the incidence of colon cancer-related mortalities has decreased in recent years, partly due to increased screening for the disease and the removal of colon polyps, the tumors that form inside the large intestine, detected during screening, according to UCLA’s Healthy Years.
