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Katie & Robert Hendrickson

Katie and Robert Hendrickson share a good life in South Florida, where Bob commands the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk. But they are coping with something else they share. The Hendrickson's are colorectal cancer survivors. Both avoided preventative screening. Both delayed testing even after developing symptoms.

Listen to their riveting story, then speak to your friends, family and doctor about colorectal cancer and colorectal cancer screening.

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  • Doctors perform a free service - colonoscopies to uninsured, underinsured
  • Report Affirms Lifesaving Role of Colonoscopy
  • Promoting cancer screening within the patient centered medical home
  • Marriage improves the odds of surviving colon cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer Deaths Declining, But Millions Still Aren't Getting Screened
  • Fewer Americans developing and dying from colon cancer
  • Colon cancer deaths down except in Mississippi
  • Olympus Urges Swift Passage Of The "Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Early Detection, And Treatment Act"
  • Lack of sleep found to be a new risk factor for colon cancer
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