RE: Colon Cancer Already Known to be in the Under 50 crowd way back in the 1940s

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A big ditto and hug on that one Priscilla. You are one special lady. Jolene

Re: Colon Cancer Already Known to be in the

Under 50 crowd way back in the 1940s

Thank you, Priscilla. Thank you for all the work you do, and all the

research in your spare time. What a find you made.

Happy Holidays.

~Deb from KS

Priscilla Savary wrote:

On a new note...

I have the odd 'hobby' of reading old medical books and journals that I find

in used books stores - when they have colon related information. So

yesterday I was reading a 1940s Oxford Medicine journal. And the discussion

was about how cancer is more prevelant in mid to later life, EXCEPT for

colon cancer where it is relatively common to see cases in the 40's, 30's

and even the 20's.

I am trying to talk the book seller into selling that copy to me - outside

of the whole set. However, today I'm going back to copy the reference so

that I can see if the library can get a copy of those pages for me. When

they do I will post them on our website.

Imagine that....since at least the 1940's it has been known that colon

cancer happens frequently in the under 50 crowd.

Priscilla A. Savary

Executive Director

Colorectal Cancer Network

PO Box 182, Kensington MD 20895

psavary@...

www.colorectal-cancer.net

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