March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month
Posted March 1st, 2022
Christina Bach, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month and the screening recommendations have changed. What you need to know. Did anyone else see the memes last week that said, “if you recognized everyone in the Superbowl halftime show, it’s time to schedule your first colonoscopy?” Yes, fellow Gen-Xers. It’s time.And if it seems earlier to you than […]
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Posted March 8th, 2017
Karen Arnold-Korzeniowski, BSN, RN
According the American Cancer Society, it is expected that about 135,430 new cases of colorectal cancer will be diagnosed in the year 2017. Over the past years the number of new cases of colorectal cancer has decreased. However, there is a new study that has found that there has been a rise in the diagnosis of colon and rectal cancer in young adults. Typically, screening for […]