The Medical Minute: Colon cancer rates higher in rural areas
March 14, 2024
March 14, 2024
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 14 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news:
For health care professionals, it's maddening. The technology needed to stop colorectal cancer before it turns deadly has never been better.
Yet in 2024, the American Cancer Society expects it to cause 106,590 new cases and 53,010 deaths. In Pennsylvania, about 34% of those diagnosed with colorectal cancer die from the disease. Though rates have decreased overall, they're . . .
For health care professionals, it's maddening. The technology needed to stop colorectal cancer before it turns deadly has never been better.
Yet in 2024, the American Cancer Society expects it to cause 106,590 new cases and 53,010 deaths. In Pennsylvania, about 34% of those diagnosed with colorectal cancer die from the disease. Though rates have decreased overall, they're . . .