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APR 05, 2021The foods you crave during the winter months do not have to sabotage your diet.
Rates of colorectal cancer are on the rise in young adults. Adults born between 1981 and 1996, also known as millennials, are at a higher risk for colorectal cancer than adults born in 1950, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). In recent years, rates of colon and rectal cancer have doubled and quadrupled, respectively.
“Those numbers are alarming, but there is a high chance colorectal cancer is curable if it is found early,” said Monte Martin, MD, hematology and medical oncology medical director at CHI Saint Joseph Health – Cancer Care Center at Flaget Memorial Hospital. “It can also be prevented by maintaining a healthy lifestyle.”
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A version of this article originally appeared in the Winter 2020 edition of Spirit of Health. For more stories like this one, subscribe to Spirit of Health magazine today.
The foods you crave during the winter months do not have to sabotage your diet.
“We are perfect examples of why you should have preventive screenings done," said Pam Thompson. “If we hadn’t been having our preventive screenings, we could have been in a completely different spot right now.”