July 30, 2015
(NaturalSociety.com) Colon cancer deaths are on the decline nationwide, but remain frighteningly high in the Mississippi delta, Western Appalachia, and the borderland between Virginia and North Carolina, the American Cancer Society (ACS) reports.
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The ACS attributes the skyrocketing rates of the disease in those areas to obesity, lack of education and a lack of access to medical care.
“In the Mississippi delta, rates among black men are not declining at all,” said Rebecca Siegel of the American Cancer Society, who led the study.
Due partly to colonoscopies, colon cancer is one of the most easily prevented cancers. The procedure can spot and remove pre-cancerous growths known as polyps before they become malignant, or find tumors easily when they are still easy to treat. Colon cancers can be removed surgically, and treatment is available to fight this particular diagnosis.
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