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Article: Colon Cancer Awareness Month at San Francisco Cardiac Center; Virtual Colonoscopy Is Now Just as Accurate as Traditional Colonoscopy.
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- PR Newswire
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- March 9, 2004
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- San Francisco Cardiac Center is highlighting colon cancer awareness month by encouraging local "at risk" residents to consider having a virtual colonoscopy.
"Any man or woman over the age of 50 is 'at risk' for colon cancer, the second leading cause of cancer in the U.S.," said San Francisco Cardiac Center President & CEO Edward LaFaso. "The only reason it holds that notorious position is that so many Americans avoid getting the unpleasant traditional screening procedure. Colon cancer is actually one of the most treatable forms of cancer if caught early because it takes an average of nine to 12 years for a polyp to turn ...