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From left: Brandon "Jinx" Jenkins, Vashtie and Mel D. Cole (Courtesy of Colorectal Cancer Alliance)
Posted inHealth

Cultural Influencers Tapped to Reach Blacks About Colon Cancer

by Sarafina Wright –Washington Informer Staff Writer March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

According to the American Cancer Society statistics, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men and women combined and Black Americans are about 20% more likely to be diagnosed with colon cancer and 35% more likely to die from it.

Gregg and NeNe Leakes (Courtesy of Nene Leakes via Instagram)
Posted inLifestyle

Gregg Leakes, Husband of ‘Real Housewives’ Star NeNe Leakes, Dead From Colon Cancer at Age 66

by WI Guest Author September 3, 2021December 21, 2021
Actor Chadwick Boseman succumbed to colon cancer in August. (WI file photo)
Posted inHealth

Colon Cancer Can Be Managed: Expert

by James Wright Jr. September 9, 2020December 21, 2021
**FILE** Chadwick Boseman gives the 2018 commencement address at his alma mater, Howard University. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBlack Experience, Health

Boseman Death Puts Focus on Colon Cancer and African Americans

by WI Guest Author September 8, 2020December 21, 2021
Chadwick Boseman
Posted inLifestyle, National

‘Black Panther’ Star Chadwick Boseman Dies Age 43 from Colon Cancer

by WI Webstaff August 29, 2020December 21, 2021
Dr. Cedrek McFadden, clinical professor of surgery at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville (Courtesy photo)
Posted inHealth

Blacks Need Vital Colon Cancer Screening

by Stacy M. Brown March 8, 2017October 30, 2020
Posted inHealth

New Findings on Coffee and Cancer Risk

by Washington Informer August 18, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inHealth

What if Americans Ate Like South Africans and Vice Versa?

by Reporter II May 16, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inHealth

Aspirin Users with Common Genes May Get Less Colon Cancer

by Washington Informer March 18, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inHealth

In Cancer Survivors, Colonoscopy Risks Rise with Age

by Washington Informer August 13, 2014October 30, 2020

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