The following content is provided by the Colon Cancer Alliance
(CCA). By Andrew Spiegel, Esquire Chief Executive Officer, Colon
Cancer Alliance One in three people 50 years or older has not
been screened for colon cancer, yet screening could help save
their lives. This statistic is just one of the troubling
findings of a national study by the Colon Cancer Alliance, the
leading national patient advocacy organization dedicated to
increasing screening rates and survivorship, and Quest
Diagnostics, a leading diagnostic testing company. The two
organizations recently teamed up to uncover the barriers that
prevent people from being tested for colon cancer (also known as
colorectal cancer), the second leading cause of cancer-related
deaths in men and women in the U.S. Screening by colonoscopy,
fecal immunochemical tests and other methods help identify colon
cancer in early stages when it is still highly treatable. For
this reason, the American Cancer Society recommends screening
for every man and woman of average ri