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| | Cancer - tScholars.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) |
 | | Cancer is mainly a disease of later years, and is one of the leading causes of death in developed countries. |
 | | Examples of modifiable cancer risk include alcohol consumption (associated with increased risk of oral, esophageal, breast, and other cancers), physical inactivity (associated with increased risk of colon, breast, and possibly other cancers), and being overweight (associated with colon, breast, endometrial, and possibly other cancers). |
 | | Colorectal cancer can be detected through fecal occult blood testing and colonoscopy, which reduces both colon cancer incidence and mortality, presumably through the detection and removal of premalignant polyps. |
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