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Article: Bangor, Brewer to be named colon cancer awareness zones
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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- March 28, 2006
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BANGOR - Two local municipal officials, in an effort to raise
awareness that colon cancer can be prevented, are expected today to
declare Bangor and Brewer colon cancer awareness zones.
Gail Kelly, mayor of Brewer, and John Cashwell, mayor of Bangor,
will read a proclamation designating the cities as colon cancer
awareness zones at a morning press conference.
Becoming an awareness zone "challenges the city to realize the
seriousness of the risks of colon cancer and encourages people to
talk to their health care providers about colon tests," Sue Clifford,
state director of communications for the American Cancer Society,
said Monday.
About 800 Maine residents will be diagnosed with colon ...