The Impact of Colon Cancer

On Medical Monday we discuss colon cancer – how to prevent and treat it.

The death of Chadwick Boseman from colon cancer was stunning and seemingly abrupt.  He kept his condition private.  But his death has people talking about colon cancer and how someone as young as Boseman (43-years-old) could die from the disease and why African Americans are more prone to die from colon cancer than any other group of people.  Tonight colon cancer is our focus.

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Our guest


Dr. Lori Wilson, Chief of Surgical Oncology at Howard University Hospital