Experts stress need for colon-cancer tests
About half of Americans who should be screened for colon cancer aren't tested for the disease, which kills about 50,000 each year and is largely survivable if detected early.
February 5, 2010
Though we may never meet, I owe my life to Katie Couric, the host of NBC s "Today" show. In early July I had reprinted a story featured in the Healthy Options magazine of the health store chain about Couric and her campaign urging people to get themselves screened for cancer.
Free colon cancer kits available
Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet is distributing free fecal occult blood tests during March to check for signs of colorectal cancer.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Peruvian-born singer Yma Sumac has died in Los Angeles following a bout with colon cancer, her personal assistant said. Sumac was 86.
