"Colon cancer is one of the one of the deadliest diseases to affect Americans"..."When colon cancer is caught late, it is survivable only 8 percent of the time."-CBS NEWS

According to reports from the National Cancer Institute, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in US men." Deaths from colorectal cancer rank third after lung and prostate cancer for men and third after lung and breast cancer for women."-WebMD

"About 112,000 people are diagnosed with colon cancer annually, and about 41,000 new cases of rectal cancer are diagnosed each year, according to the American Cancer Society."-CNN