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Colon Cancer

posted by Dr. Lugo
January 17, 2009

Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of death in this country. Everyone should be aware that there are ways to prevent being a victim of colon cancer. A simple test called colonoscopy can prevent and at times cure colon cancer. The standard of care is for a 50 year old person to do their first screening colonoscopy. After this, there is controversy of when to continue the screening. IT is said in most literature that eery ten years is enough, but evidence shows that every 5 years is probably safer. Please come to my website or ask any questions, if you want more information DRLUGO.com

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