HE
HE WAS
HE WAS JUST 43 YEARS OLD. >> A4@ CLOSER LOOK AT COLON CANCER AND THE FATAL IMPACT ON
A CERTAIN COMMUNITY MORE THAN4@
OTHERS.4@
>> I NEVER FEAR.
>> FRIDAY NIGHT, THE WORLD
WANTS TO SEE --4@ EVEN IN HIS
DEATH, CHADWICK BOSEMAN IS
SAVING LIVES.
JUST 46 YEARS OLD, THE MAN WHO
THE WORLD CAME TO KNOW AS THE
BLACK.
THEY ARE ENDED HIS FOUR YEAR
BATTLE WITH COLON CANCER.
>> WE KNOW4@ THE COLON CANCER IS
THE SECOND IS LEADING CAUSE OF4@
CANCER DEATH, PEOPLE ARE
DIAGNOSED EACH YEAR WITH COLON
CANCER AND4@ OVER 50,000 EACH
YEAR.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA, THAT NUMBER
IS4@ OVER 2,0004@ AND 2500 ETCH
84.4@
COLORECTAL CANCER --
>> THANKS TO INCREASED
AWARENESS AN SCREENING THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE DIAGNOSED
OVERALL IS4@ DECREASING.
BUT THERE IS ONE GROUP THAT IS
SEEING AN ALARMING INCREASE IN4@
THEIR NUMBERS.
>> WE HAVE TO, OVER THE PAST
SEVERA4@L YEARS, UNFORTUNATELY,
IS AN4@ INCREASE IN THOSE UNDER
THE AGE OF 50 BEING DIAGNOSED
WITH COLORECTAL CANCER.4@
>> BECAUSE OF THAT SHIFT, THE
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY IS
RECOMMENDING SCREENING4@ T4@O
BEGIN AT4@ AGE 45.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A
FAMILY HISTORY OF THE DISEASE,
OR YOU HAVE NOTICED CHANGES IN
YOUR HEALTH.
>> COLORECTAL CANCER, LEFT
UNTREATED, ABDOMINAL PAIN,4@
CHANGE IN BOWEL4@ HABITS OR
UNEXPLAINED WEIGHT4@ LOSS.
THE TREATMENT IS SURGERY AND
OR CHEMOTHERAPY OR RADIATION,
DEPENDING ON THE STAGING OF
THAT CANCER.
THE SOONER WE FIND THE CANCER,
THE BETTER THE4@ PROGNOSIS.
>> AFRICAN-AMERICAN PATIENTS
HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF GETTING
COLORECTAL CANCER AND A 40%
HIGHER RISK OF DYING FROM IT.
DR. McFADDEN'S REACTION OF
HEARING OF BOSEMAN'S DEATH,
MUCH4@ LIKE MANY OF US
EXPERIENCED.
>> IT4@ HIT ME PRETTY HARD.
I HAD A HARD TIME SPEAKING
FRIDAY NIGHT, JUST4@ THINKING
ABOUT4@ THE EXPERIENCE.4@
WE SEE PATIENTS JUST LIKE THIS
ALL THE TIME.
IT REALLY AFFECTED ME4@ DEEPLY.
>> BOSEMAN WAS LARGER THAN
HIGH OF TO SO MANY WHO SAW HIM
ON THE BIG4@ SCREEN IN HIS
DEATH, HIS GREATEST ROLE MIGHT
BE THAT OF HEALTHCARE4@
ADVOCATE.
>> FOR A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW
HIS DEATH HIGHLIGHTS THE
RACIAL4@ D4@ISPARITY OF COLON
CANCER,4@ HOO HERE IS TOM
HANSON.
>> THE DEATH OF CHAD4@WICK
BOSEMAN AT AGE 44@3 FROM COLON
CANCER HIT MANY PEOPLE HARD.
>> WHY HIM?
WHY NOT ME?
>> CBS NEWS CONTRIBUTOR WAS
DIAGNOSED4@ WITH COLON CANCER IN
HIS 30s, AFTER EXPERIENCING
MONTHS OF SYMPTOMS.
>> I THOUGHT I WAS4@ HEALTHY.
MY WIFE IS NOT MORE OR LESS
ORDERING ME TO4@ GET A
COLONOSCOPY, I WOULDN'T BE
HERE RIGHT4@ NOW.
>> RATES IN BLACK PEOPLE WERE
20% HIGHER THAN WHITE.
COLORECTAL CANCER DEATH RATE,
THE NUMBER JUMPED TO 40%
4@HIGHER.
DANIEL LABO TREATS COLON
CANCER PATIENTS AT MOUNTS
INSIDE HOSPITAL.
>> THE RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN4@
TREATMENT GO ACROSS THE
SPECTRUM OF4@ SURVIVAL.
THE OUTCOME WITH THAT
TREATMENT.
>> SOME MEDICAL4@ ORGANIZATIONS
RECOMM4@END AFRICAN-AMERICANS
GET COLORECTAL SCREENINGS AT
AGE 45 INSTEAD OF GENERAL
RECOMMENDED AGE OF 50.
A GROWING NUMBER OF CASES HAVE
BEEN DETECTED IN EVEN4@ YOUNGER
ADULTS.
IF YOU ARE A YOUNG4@ PERSON, THE
ACTUAL INCIDENCE IS QUITE LOW.4@
IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS LIKE
BLEEDING, UNEXPLAINED CHANGE
IN BOWEL HABITS, THINGS LIKE
THAT.
GO GET4@ TESTED.
>> BLACK LIVES MATTER ISN'T
JUST ABOUT POLICE VIOLENCE.
IT'S ALSO ABOUT RACIAL HEALTH
DISPARITIES.
>> IF YOU HAVE A NEGATIVE
RELATIONSHIP TO MEDICAL
PROVIDERS BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN
SUBJECTED TO RACISM OR PEOPLE
HAVEN'T BEEN LISTENING TO YOU.
THEN YOU4@ WILL BE LESS LIKELY
TO GO TO THE DOCTOR.
>> LAST FRIDAY MARKED THE
SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF CHEMBEE
FINDING OUT HE4@ WAS
CANCER-FREE, THE SAME DAY
BOSEMAN4@ DIED.
>> CBS NEWS,