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Article: Despite Recent Rise in Screenings, At-Risk Women Still Not Heeding Real Threat of Deadly Disease; -- Alarming Nationwide Survey Prompts Educational Initiative Daring Women to be Aware of the Truth about Colorectal Cancer --.
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- March 22, 2005
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WASHINGTON, DC, and RED BANK, N.J., March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Forty percent of American women at risk* for colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon or rectum) have never had a colonoscopy, according to a new survey released today. Although general awareness of and screening for the disease seems to be on the rise, 42% of at-risk women have never even discussed colorectal cancer with their health care provider. However, nearly one in five of these same women are regularly screened for cervical cancer, a far less common threat.
These and other startling facts revealed by the survey have prompted the launch of Dare to Be Aware, an educational initiative led by the ...