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Article: Screening for colon cancer effective, but too few undergo tests.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- November 30, 2001
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As fodder for cocktail-party chatter, it ranks somewhere between impotence and incontinence.
That's too bad, really. Because when it comes to colorectal cancer, what you don't talk about could kill you.
It is a disease that moves with stealth if not speed. But it is a killer that can be cornered, captured and cured with an ease and efficiency rare in the realm of oncology.
Katie Couric, co-anchor of NBC's ``Today,'' knows just how lethal colon cancer can prove. The disease claimed her husband, attorney Jay Monahan, at the age of 42. And it nearly stole the life of her executive producer, Jeff Zucker, when he was 31.
After her husband's ...