This is Fred Ball for Zions Bank, speaking on business.
Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States.
It kills an estimated 56,000 men and women annually. Most people don't recognize the seriousness of this life-threatening disease. March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and doctors are strongly suggesting that every person speak to a physician about this disease and the steps that can be taken to prevent cancer of the colon. Ray Thomason is my gastroenterologist at Mountain West Gastroenterology .He told me the importance of this month long awareness program. There will be an estimated 135,400 new cases diagnosed in 2001.