This group is here to create awareness about Colorectal Cancer.

Please join this group if you have been affected by colon cancer in any way (you are a survivor, lost a loved one, have a family member or friend with colon cancer). You can come here to share information, stories and get support from friends.



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About Colorectal Cancer: Early detection is key for stopping this treatable disease!
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Excluding skin cancer, colorectal cancer is the third most diagnosed cancer in the United States and Canada (after lung and breast in women, and lung and prostate in men).

The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be 146,940 new cases of colorectal cancer diagnosed in the U.S. in 2006. That means a person in the U.S. is diagnosed with colorectal cancer every 4 minutes. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among men and women in the United States and Canada (after lung cancer).

The American Cancer Society estimates that 56,730 people will die from colorectal cancer in 2006. That means one person in the United States dies of colorectal cancer every 9.3 minutes.

One out of 18 people in this country will develop colorectal cancer in their lifetime.