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  • March is colorectal cancer awareness month

    Dr. Ralph Hermes|Updated Mar 15, 2023

    Colorectal cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. The American Cancer Society reports the rate of colorectal cancer diagnosis has dropped in people older than 50 by about 1 percent each year since the mid-1980s, a phenomenon attributed to an increase in screenings and lifestyle changes. Diagnoses have been increasing at about the same rate among people younger than 50 since the mid-1990s. The lifetime risk of colorectal cancer is...