With over 100,000 cases of colon cancer diagnosed in the United States each year, the American Cancer Society strongly advises that all adults over 50 get screened for the disease.
Cancer Screening Rates Remain Unchanged
MONDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- While proven tests are increasingly available to screen early for common cancers when they can be most successfully treated, too many people aren't taking advantage of the examinations, a new report finds.
Awareness of the role of physical activity in colon cancer prevention
Many experts now consider colon cancer a largely preventable disease, but a new study finds that primary care doctors might not always inform patients about one important step they can take to reduce their risk: becoming more physically active.
John Harry Rollman (Jack), 81, died Thursday, June 11 at Veterans Hospital in Loma Linda of colon cancer. Rollman was born Dec. 8, 1927 in Johnstown, PA to Charles Russell Rollman and Mildred Ruth McDonald Rollman. He was a resident of Fontana and Bloomington for the past 46 years.
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