Colorectal Cancer

• Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.
• The American Cancer Society estimates that 56,730 Americans will die of colorectal cancer in 2004.
• This cancer of the colon and rectum will be diagnosed in approximately 146,940 people this year in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society.
• In 2004, an estimated 1,480 Kansans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
• In 2004, an estimated 890 Kansans will die of colorectal cancer.
• This cancer may actually be avoided through early detection and treatment of precancerous polyps.
• Reducing the number of deaths from colorectal cancer depends on detecting and removing precancerous colorectal polyps in addition to diagnosing and treating the cancer in its earliest stages.

http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/colorectal/sfl/