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Colorectal Cancer Screening

July 9, 2011

While the rates of new cases of colorectal cancer and death from colorectal cancer in the United States have been decreasing, and more adults are being screened for colorectal cancer, one in three adults in the United States between 50 and 75 are still not being screened for colorectal cancer. Low [...]

Colon Cancer And Rectal Cancer – Statistics And Risk Factors

July 5, 2011

It is estimated that there were 102,900 new cases of colon cancer and 39,670 new cases of rectal cancer in the United States during 2010. There were about 51,390 deaths from both colon cancer and rectal cancer that same year. The colon is the longest part of the large intestine (the first six feet o[...]

Hospital Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Six Times More Likely To Die If They Become Infected With Clostridium Difficile

April 25, 2011

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of inflammatory diseases involving the colon and small bowel, including Crohn’s disease (which may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from the mouth to the anus) and ulcerative colitis (which affects the colon and/or rectum). Ulcerative co[...]

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Colorectal Cancer Screening

Colon Cancer And Rectal Cancer – Statistics And Risk Factors

Hospital Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Six Times More Likely To Die If They Become Infected With Clostridium Difficile

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