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>>> DON'T ASSUME WHEN IT
COMES TO COLON CANCER THAT YOU
ARE TOO YOUNG, TOO HEALTHY OR
THAT IT COULDN'T HAPPEN 4@TO YO
ARE TOO YOUNG, TOO HEALTHY OR THAT IT COULDN'T HAPPEN 4@TO YO@
AND DON'T ASSUME COLON CANCER
CANNOT BE BEAT.
OUR GUESTS ON FIVE ON YOUR SIDE
AT 4:00 ARE PERFECT EXAMPLES OF
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
TERRY 4@IS 4@A TRIATHLETE, IRON
COMPETITOR, MOTHER OF TWO AND A
10 YEAR SURVIVOR OF STAGE FOUR
COLON CANCER.
COLON CANCER. ALSO 4@4@JOINING US, DR. GENE W
COLORECTAL CANCER SPECIALIST AT
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE.
MEDICINE.
MEDICINE. ONE OF THE PEOPLE MAKING A
DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF
PATIENTS LIKE TERRY.
TAKE ME BACK TO THE DAY OF YOUR
DIAGNOSIS 10 YEARS AGO OR 4@THA
PERIOD OF 4@TIME.
I REMEMBER YOU TELLING ME THAT
YOU WERE 4@TIRED.
WHAT LED TO THAT DIAGNOSIS FLEX
WHAT LED YOU TO GO TO THE
DOCTOR?
DOCTOR?
DOCTOR? >> I HAD BEEN TRAINED FOR
THIS FOR ABOUT 4@SIX MONTHS.
ABOUT FOUR MONTHS OUT, I 4@4@FE
LIKE I HAD BEEN OVERTRAINING.
I STARTED HAVING BLOOD IN MY
STOOL.
STOOL.
STOOL. I
STOOL. I HAD A FOOT INJURY I COULD NOT
HEAL.
HEAL.
HEAL. I
HEAL. I SAID, IF I DON'T FEEL BETTER
AFTER THE RACE, I WILL SEE A
DOCTOR AND THAT IS WHAT I DID.
TWO WEEKS AFTER THE RACE, I HAD
A COLONOSCOPY. 4@
I 4@WOKE UP WHEN THE DOCTOR 4@C
IN TO GIVE ME THE RESULTS AND
SAID HE HAD FOUND A LARGE TUMOR
IN TO GIVE ME THE RESULTS AND SAID HE HAD FOUND A LARGE TUMOR@
AND HE KNEW IT WAS CANCEROUS.
AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS NOT
GOING TO BE A 4@BIG DEAL. 4@
I THOUGHT IT WOULD JUST BE A
LITTLE HICCUP.
LITTLE HICCUP. WHAT HAPPENED WAS, I HAD A CAT
SCAN AND GOT THE CALL THAT
NIGHT THAT IT HAD 4@METASTASIZE
TO MY LIVER.
I WAS 48 AT THE TIME.
I HAD NOT MISSED ANY
SCREENINGS.
SCREENINGS. IT WAS DEVASTATING.
>> YOU ARE A MOTHER WITH 4@4@
YOUNG CHILDREN 4@AND WHAT WERE
YOU THINKING?
YOU THINKING? >> MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, I
HAD THIS VISION OF MY DAUGHTER
ON HER WEDDING DAY 4@AND MY
SISTER AND GOOD FRIENDS WOULD 4@
BE THERE.
BE THERE.
BE THERE. AND THEY WOULD BE TELLING MY
DAUGHTER WHAT I WOULD WANT TO
SAY TO HER.
THAT WAS MY 4@FIRST THOUGHT.
>> AND HERE I AM 10 YEARS
LATER AND SHE STILL IS NOT
MARRIE4@D.
MARRIE4@D. >> THAT IS ANOTHER STORY.
>> LET'S BRING YOU INTO THIS @
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. WITHOUT THE WORK OF DOCTORS 4@
LIKE YOU, PEOPLE LIKE TERRY
WOULD NOT BE HERE.
WHAT IS IT THAT IS GOING ON 4@
THAT IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN
THE LIVES OF PATIENTS LIKE
TERRY?
TERRY?
TERRY? >>
TERRY? >> I THINK EARLY DETECTION IS
KEY.
KEY.
KEY. ALSO
KEY. ALSO RECOGNIZING SYMPTOMS AND
ACTING 4@ON THEM.
I KNOW TERRY HAD RECTAL
BLEEDING.
BLEEDING.
BLEEDING. I KNOW IT IS SO IM4@PORTANT TO
NOT 4@DISMISS THAT AS JUST
HEMORRHOIDS OR IRRITATION.
BUT TO GET THAT CHECKED OUT.
IF YOU HAVE RECTAL BLEEDING OR
BLOOD IN YOUR STOOL, MAKE SURE
YOU GET A COLONOSCOPY.
MAKE SURE IT IS NOT ANYTHING
LIKE 4@4@COLON CANCER.
>> TERRY, YOU WERE 48.
WHAT HAS BEEN INTERESTING IN
THE PAST 10 YEARS IS THAT MORE
YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE YOU 4@WERE, A
BEING DIAGNOSED WITH THIS
DISEASE.
DISEASE.
DISEASE. DID THAT SCARE YOU AS A COLON
CANCER SURVIVOR?
CANCER SURVIVOR? >> I SEE IT ALL THE TIME.
IT SEEMS LIKE 4@IT IS
SKYROCKETING.
SKYROCKETING. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS
BEFORE WE 4@CAME OUT.
YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE BEING
DIAGNOSED IN THEIR LATE 20s AND
EARLY 30s.
EARLY 30s. IT CAN BE PRETTY FAR ADVANCED
BY T4@HE TIME IT IS FOUND.
>> WHAT IS 4@GOING ON4@?
>> WE THINK 4@THE RISE IN
OBESITY AMONG THE YOUNGER
GENERATION IS CAUSING AN
INCREASE IN COLON CANCER AS
WELL AS OTHER CANCERS IN 4@
YOUNGER PEOPLE.
YOUNGER PEOPLE. AND THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
LAST YEAR REVISED GUIDELINES.
INSTEAD OF STARTING SCREENING
AT AGE 50, 4@WE ARE RECOMMENDIN
THAT PEOPLE START SCREENING AT
AGE 45.
AGE 45.
AGE 45. BECAUSE MORE AND MORE 4@PEOPLE
ARE GETTING DIAGNOSED WITH
COLON CANCER UNDER THE AGE OF
50.
50.
50. >>
50. >> 4@DR. WANG, THANK YOU FOR
COMING AND SHARING THIS
IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT GETTING
SCREENED.
SCREENED.
SCREENED. AND TERRY, THANK YOU FOR
SHARING 4@YOUR STORY.
CONTINUED GOOD HEALTH AND
SUCCESS.
SUCCESS.
SUCCESS. YOU ARE REALLY A SHINING
EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN 4@BE DONE
WHEN YOU LOOK CANCER IN THE
FACE AND SAY, I'M