Article: COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH OBSERVED IN MARCH

Article: Colorectal Cancer in the Young Patient
The American Surgeon;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause ... that between 2 to 3 per cent of colorectal cancer occurs in patients younger than ... patients has a worse prognosis from colorectal cancer than the population as a whole ...

Article: Colorectal cancer: an overview of the epidemiology, ...
MedSurg Nursing;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... concerning which individuals develop colorectal cancer (see Table 1). The purpose of ... implications for this type of cancer. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer ... mortality rate is decreasing for colorectal cancer in both men and women. In the United ...

Article: Colorectal cancer: Update on recent advances and ...
Journal of the National Medical Association;  May 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... and deaths in the United States, colorectal cancer has been an area of intense interest ... current trends in the epidemiology of colorectal cancer, new information on genetic, dietary ... concepts on the horizon in the area of colorectal cancer research. Much of the recent research ...

Article: Colorectal Cancer Awareness Campaign Launched by ...
PR Newswire;  February 28, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... educate Floridians about colorectal cancer. This year in Florida ... that 9,400 new cases of colorectal cancer will be diagnosed and 4 ... cancer-related death. "Colorectal cancer is a disease we can beat ...

Article: Colorectal Cancer
U*X*L Complete Health Resource;      700+ words ...COLORECTAL CANCER DEFINITION Colorectal (pronounced ... eliminated from the body. DESCRIPTION Colorectal cancer is one of the most common forms ... breast cancer entry) in women. Colorectal cancer accounts for about 10 percent ...

Article: COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH PROMOTES TESTING, ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Phil Bredesen has declared March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Tennessee once ... and decrease the national burden of colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon or rectum ... all Tennesseans to get screened for colorectal cancer if they are over the age of 50 or ...

Colorectal cancer. (Continuing Professional Development).
Primary Health Care;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... brief Author Lynn de Snoo, colorectal cancer nurse specialist, St Peters ... Chertsey, Surrey Summary Colorectal cancer is a general label applied ... theories behind the cause of colorectal cancer, its clinical diagnosis ...