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Colon Cancer Screenings can save your life. By Dr. Bridget Seymour.From Merrimack Valley Hospital in Haverhill, MA

Colon and rectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women in the United States (second only to lung cancer). Colon cancer deaths are more frequent than death from breast cancer. So why aren’t women being given life-saving screenings? The risk of being diagnosed with colon cancer in one’s lifetime approaches 5% and one in three people diagnosed with the disease will die from it. Although colon cancer can have devastating effects on one’s life expectancy, it also potentially requires painful surgery, arduous chemotherapy, necessity of a fecal bag, or loss of fecal continence. It is perhaps related to these facts that patients, particularly women, are reluctant to undergo necessary and preventative screening procedures. …For the rest of the article go to the Fall issue of Applaud Women at www.applaudwomen.com. Click on the Fall cover image found on the homepage to enter the publication, turn pages (make sure you turn on your sound to hear the pages swish), print pages or download the entire magazine.

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