To catch colorectal cancer early, advocates push to make 'poop talk' OK
It's a very treatable form of cancer if caught early, yet younger adults rarely get screened. Patient advocates want more people to talk to their doctors about risk factors and number two.
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To catch colorectal cancer early, advocates push to make 'poop talk' OK April 30, 20266:00 AM ET Yuki Noguchi start08/iStockphoto/Getty Images No one ever mentioned to Rick Rivers that his grandfather died of colorectal cancer — until Rivers himself was diagnosed at age 31. Cancer felt like a taboo topic in his family, where diabetes, for example, was not. And especially so, because of where the cancer grew in his body. "There's a shame factor to talk about certain areas of your body and them not functioning the way that they're supposed to," says Rivers, a father of three in Williamstown, N.J. So the topic never came up, he says, even though colorectal cancer occurs more often and is more lethal among Black people like himself.
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