Earlier colon cancer detection often a benefit of colonoscopy
Colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, exceeded only by lung cancer, according to a recent report by the Journal of the American Medical Association. And the American Cancer Society is projecting that nearly 150,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2008, with nearly 50,000 of those dying from the disease.
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