Preventable Colon Cancer Deaths Cost The Economy $6.4 Billion [NPR.org]

Samantha Sangenito 11/16/1512:00 PM

Almost 20 percent of the people in low-income communities who die of colon cancer could have been saved with early screening. And those premature deaths take a toll on communities that can least bear it.

Lower-income communities in the United States face $6.4 billion in lost wages and productivity because of premature deaths due to colon cancer, according to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

[For more of this story, written by Nancy Shute, go to http://www.npr.org/sections/he...-economy-6-4-billion]

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