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    Colon Cancer: Not Just a Cancer for Older People
    Akeia F. Blue
    • Mar 15, 2017
    • 2 min

    Colon Cancer: Not Just a Cancer for Older People

    My Freshman year of high school, my grandfather passed away from colon cancer. It was a rough time for my family, as two of my other grandparents were also sick with cancer. But I remember that being the first time I had heard of colon cancer. It turns out that colon cancer has been an often diagnosed cancer; it is estimate that more than 135,000 people will be diagnosed this year and more than 50,000 will die. Thankfully, due to an uptick in screening rates, colon cancer d
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