Early screening essential to colorectal cancer prevention and increasing cure rate

GLADWIN COUNTY

Central Michigan District Health Department (CMDHD) wants to ensure the public knows that colorectal cancer is preventable with early detection. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in the United States, with a lifetime risk of about one in 23 for those assigned male at birth and one in 26 for those assigned female at birth. The American Cancer Society estimate…