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Colon
Cancer Education
Kevin Richardson
of the band the Backstreet Boys understands that talking about
colons can be an unpleasant subject. ``But if it can save someone's
life, it's worth it,'' said Richardson, who appears in a series
of public service announcements that urge children to discuss
colon, or colorectal, cancer and its treatment with their parents.
Richardson
said he feels a responsibility to educate others about the disease
that ended the life of his father in 1991. Richardson thinks if
children talk to their parents about colon cancer, it will encourage
parents to seek information about the disease before it's too
late. ``Children have a great impact on their parents,'' said
Richardson
In 2004, about
147,000 new cases of colorectal cancer will be diagnosed and about
56,700 people will die of the disease, said Leonard Lichtenfeld,
a deputy chief medical officer with the American Cancer Society.
But if the cancer is detected early and still is localized, it
can be cured in about 90 percent of those cases, he said.
For more information
visit the Colon Cancer Alliance: CCAlliance.org
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