Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the U.S., and although the death rate from colorectal cancer has been dropping for the past 30 years, it is still the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. The overall lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer is: 1 in 21 for men and 1 in 23 for women. These statistics are quite staggering...

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