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The Shadow of Colon Cancer: Lynch Syndrome

This March, watch your back or more specifically, your colon. Schedule a colonoscopy this month—it’s Colorectal/Colon Cancer Awareness Month after all—and avoid being one of the estimated 50,000 people to die this year from one of the most preventable cancers.

For those who are diagnosed, ask your oncologist or surgeon to have your colon tumor—which will be sent to a pathology lab for further analyzing—tested for Lynch Syndrome as well. This testing is not necessarily routinely ordered