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Article: Katie Couric confronts colon cancer.(excerpts of an interview with Ms. Couric)(Interview)(Excerpt)
- Article from:
- Medical Update
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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Our nonprofit society recently honored Katie Couric's heroism by presenting her with its highest distinction--the Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society Award--for her courageous battle against colon cancer.
The following are excerpts of our interview with Ms. Couric.
Q: Researchers recently reported on the "Couric effect"--a 20 percent increase in the number of people who underwent colonoscopies--after your televised colonscopy on the Today show. Did you realize you could have such a tremendous public health impact?
A: Here's what we knew at the outset. Colon cancer is curable 90 percent of the time if detected early; screening is ...