(Pamela Kaufman/ Everyday Health) — As with all diseases, prevention is the best medicine when it comes to colorectal cancer.
Colon cancer and rectal cancer, typically grouped together as colorectal cancer because they are both diseases of the large intestine, affect approximately 1 in 20 Americans.
Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the United States (excluding skin cancers) and the second most common cause of cancer-related death, after lung cancer. The National Cancer Institute estimates that around 140,000 people in the United States will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer each year.
Effective prevention, therefore, has a huge potential to improve the health both of individuals and the public as a whole. (…)