What causes colon cancer? And how do you prevent it

 

preventable cancers in the U.S., butpreventable cancers in the U.S., but each year it claims more than 50,000 lives – in part because early symptoms can be mild and easily missed.

“Colon cancer is the deadliest cancer for men under 50 and second deadliest for women under 50,” says Dr. Heinz-Josef Lenz, professor of medicine at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine