Bethe Arisman
Survivor

 

Janice Shupp
Survivor

 

Lisa Ott
Caregiver

In 2007, an estimated 112,340 Americans were diagnosed with colon cancer and 41,420 with rectal cancer. More than 52,000 people were expected to die from the disease last year. Colon cancer is largely preventable if precancerous polyps are found and removed before they become cancerous. If colon cancer is found and treated at its earliest stage, the five-year survival rate is 90 percent.
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Everyone who should get screened for colon cancer doesn’t have access to insurance coverage for the full-range colon cancer screenings.