• According to the American Cancer Society: colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer in African American women and the third in African American men.
• Colon cancer affects 56,000 Americans annually, approximately 16,000 cases of colorectal cancer are expected to occur in African Americans in 2005.
• Approximately 7,000 African Americans will die from colon cancer in 2005
• 90% of colon cancer is preventable.
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Who's at risk?
What are the symptoms?
How can I get screened?
What's the treatment?
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Listen to The Service: African Americans & Colon Cancer online.
The black church has served to invigorate souls, spearhead civil rights efforts and more recently confront the health crises of African Americans. This program examines the church’s response to colon cancer, a disease for which blacks have the highest incidence. Even when treated for colon cancer, African Americans are over 50 percent more likely to die of the disease within 10 years than Caucasians. The church service format serves as a backdrop to examine the question: Does colon cancer differentiate between blacks and whites, or do other factors impact risk and survival?
Real Stories and Good Advice
Dale C. Holly, M.D. of Atlanta Gastroenterology talks about colon polyps. Listen to his story and hear others speak on colon cancer.
See the Difference
...between a healthy colon and one damaged by cancer.
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