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RACING TO
RAISE AWARENESS

Annual Run For Your Buns 5K targets colon cancer
In March, North Mississippi
Medical Center marked Colon
Cancer Awareness Month
with the third annual Run For Your
Buns 5K. The event increases awareness
of colon cancer and raises funds to
benefit the North Mississippi Medical
Center Cancer Care Fund. The fund,
administered by the Health Care
Foundation of North Mississippi, provides assistance for qualifying needy
patients and their families.

Screening Guidelines

Colorectal cancer is the second leading
cause of cancer-related deaths in the
United States. The American Cancer
Society estimates that 136,830 people
will be diagnosed and 50,310 will die
from the disease this year.
"Colon cancer can be prevented
through colonoscopy," gastroenterologist Roger Huey, MD, says. "Colon cancer starts as a small polyp, or growth, in
the colon. When we do a colonoscopy,
we can remove those polyps before they
become cancerous. The colon cancer
death rate in the United States could
be cut in half if we all followed screening guidelines."

CALL

Get Screened
For more information on colonoscopy, call 800-THE DESK
(800-843-3375).

NMMC Cancer Care staff

Who should be screened?
men and women age 50 or older.
* African-Americans age 45 and older.
(African-Americans tend to be diagnosed with colon cancer at a younger
age and are more likely to die from it.)
* Those with risk factors should
talk to their doctor about beginning
screening earlier, including those with
a personal or family history of:
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Colorectal cancer or polyps
- Ovarian, endometrial or breast
cancer
The Center for Digestive Health,
located on North Mississippi Medical
Center's campus at 589 Garfield St.,
offers outpatient digestive procedures. The center is also home to the
Heartburn Center of Mississippi and
the private practices of Digestive Health
Specialists, P.A. This shared location
provides patients easy access to the
* All

NMMC oncologist Charles Montgomery, MD,
and breast cancer nurse navigator Angie Eaton

gastroenterologists who oversee their
care and work closely with referring
physicians throughout NMMC's service
area. Gastroenterologists are physicians
who have completed special training in
the diagnosis and treatment of symptoms and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and liver. ■
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