• About 90 percent of all colon cancer cases occur in people older than age 50.
  • About 6 percent of people age 75 to 80 have had colon cancer at some point in their lives.
  • Eating a low-fiber, high-fat diet, being overweight, smoking, and having an inactive lifestyle can increase your risk of developing colon cancer.
  • Polyps are small benign (non-cancerous) growths that occur in the colon and rectum. Although most remain unchanged, some develop into cancerous growths.
  • Certain hereditary conditions, such as the tendency to have many colon polyps, can result in colon cancer at a young age.
  • The key to successful colon cancer treatment is finding the cancer at an early stage, before it has spread to surrounding tissues and organs. Although most colon cancers develop from polyps, small growths found inside the intestine, most polyps are not cancerous.
  • Approximately 41.8 million average-risk people aged 50 or older have not been screened for colorectal cancer according to national guidelines.
  • When colorectal cancer is found early and treated, the 5-year relative survival rate is 90 percent. Because screening rates are low, less than 40 percent of colorectal cancers are found early.
  • One U.S. clinical trial reported a 33 percent reduction in colorectal cancer deaths and a 20 percent reduction in colorectal cancer incidence among people offered an annual FOBT.
  • As many as 60 percent of deaths from colorectal cancer could be prevented if everyone age 50 and older were screened regularly.
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