Mosaic Life Care goes blue, supports National Colorectal Cancer Awareness
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- In support of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, healthcare workers at Mosaic Life Care went blue on Friday.
By wearing blue, healthcare workers hope to bring awareness to colorectal cancer and support those who have been affected by it.
Colon cancer is normally more common in people 50 years of age, or older, but it can be detected earlier.
"It seems like people who are younger and younger getting diagnosed," Mosaic Life Care nurse Karen Seibert said. "Everybody poops and your stools can be different. And you just you think, it's not going to be colon cancer. It's just something is going on. Maybe I ate something and it's affecting me two weeks later. But but it can be colon cancer."
Experts recommend adults between the ages of 45 and 75 get a coloscopy which can detect colon cancer in its early stages.
"Colon cancer is unfortunately quite prevalent," Mosaic Life Care colon oncologist Vinay Gupta said. "There is need for education, for colon cancer awareness and we would like to promote screening for colon cancer. It is readily available at mosaic. And this is so important because it is a preventable cancer. Early detection can lead to a cure."
According to Mosaic Life Care, patients who underwent a colonoscopy reduced the number of colon cancer-related deaths by 60%, with the safe and effective early detection method.
Throughout the rest of March, National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month will be observed by Mosaic and other health care facilities throughout the area.
