March is Cancer Awareness Month

March is national colorectal cancer awareness month.

Monday, March 1st 2010, 2:32 pm

By: News 9


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OKLAHOMA CITY -- March is national colorectal cancer awareness month.

Each year doctors in the U.S. diagnosis 150,000 new cases and more than 50,000 people die from that type of cancer every year.

It's the second leading cancer killer in the U.S.

Learn more:

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

American Gastroenterological Association

The American College of Gastroenterology

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