An inflatable colon – 10 feet high, 20 feet long and 12 feet wide – is on display at an area hospital this month in an effort to draw awareness to the need for early screenings for colorectal cancer.

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ST. LOUIS – It’s an oversized inflatable way of encouraging others to get screened for cancer told by a survivor. “With these diseases there are no symptoms,” says Patricia Bagi, a cancer Survivor and ...

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Genesis Cancer Care Institute will increase awareness about colorectal cancer next week with the display of a giant inflatable colon. The 20-foot-long, 8-foot-high walk-through inflatable, including ...

A colonoscopy is a procedure that diagnoses and helps monitor inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This can play an essential role in preventing and treating colorectal cancer. Doctors diagnose IBD using ...

A colonoscopy is a telescopic and visual examination of the colon and rectum. It helps doctors detect abnormalities in the bowel, including signs of colorectal cancer, polyps, unexplained diarrhea, ...

TROY, Mich. – It may sound pretty funny, but it’s aiming to educate people and potentially help save lives. On Tuesday (March 8) at Troy Beaumont, a massive inflatable colon was set up in the lobby, ...

UCLA Health assembled a giant inflatable colon March 3 to engage and inform patients, Bruins and the local Westwood community on colon cancer in recognition of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.