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Six Ways to Lower Your Risk for Colon Cancer
By Stacy Simon Colon cancer is one of the more common cancers in the US. About 1 in 20 Americans will develop colon cancer at some point during their lifetime. But there are things you can do to help lower your colon cancer risk. Here are 6 ways to help protect your colon health. Get screened for colon cancer. Screenings are tests that look for cancer before signs and symptoms develop. Colon screenings can often find growths called polyps that can be removed before they turn into cancer. These tests also can find colon cancer earlier, when treatments are more likely to be successful. The American Cancer Society recommend...
Source: American Cancer Society :: News and Features - March 7, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Colon/Rectum Cancer Source Type: news