March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month: If You’re 50 or Older, Get Tested
You can beat Colon Cancer.
No one has to die from colon cancer, and it’s a fact that many Americans don’t realize. Colon cancer is one of the most preventable types of cancer. In fact, colon cancer rates have declined rapidly in both men and women in the past two decades due in part to early detection and removal of precancerous polyps.
Here’s what you need to know to arm yourself against this particular type of cancer.
If you are 50 or older, you’re at risk for colon cancer. You may have the disease and not know it – even if you don’t have a family history of colon cancer. But testing for colon cancer can save your life. And if your relatives have had colon cancer, testing is even more important because you’re at a greater risk of contracting the disease.
So this month – Colon Cancer Awareness Month – if you’re 50 or older AND/OR if you have a family history of colon cancer talk to your doctor about getting tested.
To learn more about colon cancer and to view our Colon Cancer PSA visit our web site, www.cancer.org.
Road To Recovery Driver Clive Cadle Receives Recognition from KFOR and SpiritBank
In January, KFOR Channel 4 in Oklahoma City and SpiritBank honored American Cancer Society volunteer Clive Cadle as its Pay It 4Ward recipient of the week for going above and beyond to help his community. Clive is a driver for the Road To Recovery program, which provides transportation to and from cancer-related appointments for patients in active treatment. The program seeks to provide transportation especially to those patients who wouldn’t be able to get to treatment otherwise.
Toni Henry, the Road To Recovery program coordinator in Oklahoma City, nominated Clive for recognition. ”I just know how much he means to our patients and to the American Cancer Society,” she said during an interview with KFOR.
SpiritBank presented Toni with $400 and asked her to “pay it forward” to Clive… and she did. He told her that the money was just coming back to the American Cancer Society. In speaking with KFOR about his relationship with his patients, Clive said, “If I can help these people, it makes me feel good.”
And it makes us feel good, too. Without volunteer drivers like Clive, the Road To Recovery program would not be able to provide more than 3,000 rides each year to cancer patients with no other transportation to their life-saving appointments.
If you are interested in giving someone the ride of their life, consider becoming a Road To Recovery volunteer. Volunteers are needed in the following locations:
- Ada
- Ardmore
- Bartlesville
- Enid
- Idabel
- Muskogee
- McAlester
- Oklahoma City
- Shawnee
- Stillwater
- Tulsa
For more information about becoming a volunteer driver contact Toni Henry in Western Oklahoma at toni.henry@cancer.org or 405.841.5825 or Kelly Rapp in Eastern Oklahoma at kelly.rapp@cancer.org or 918.477.5400.
Watch this video for the full story: KFOR Honors Clive Cadle
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