From: "Jan" <[email hidden]>
Newsgroups: misc.health.alternative
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 2:47 AM
Subject: Re: Colon Cleanse Product
"There are about 94,000 cases of colon cancer diagnosed per
year in the United States.
"Together, colon and rectal cancers account for 10% of
cancers in men and 11% of cancers in women.
"It is the second most common site-specific cancer affecting
both men and women."
"Nearly 48,000 people died from colon cancer in the United
States in 2000."
"In recent years the incidence of this disease is decreasing
very slightly, as has the mortality rate. It is difficult to
tell if the decrease in mortality reflects earlier
diagnosis, less death related to the actual treatment of the
disease,or a combination of both factors."
"Cancer of the colon is thought to arise sporadically in
about 80% of those who develop the disease.
"Twenty percent of cases are thought to have genetic
predisposition that ranges from familial syndromes affecting
50% of the offspring of a mutation carrier, to a risk of 6%
when there is just a family history of colon cancer
occurring in a first degree relative."
www.ehendrick.org/healthy/002051.htm
I missed this post earlier: Thank you for so much helpful
information!
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