Importance of screening for colon cancer [Video]

March is colon cancer awareness month. This comes as health experts notice concerning trends when it comes to the deadly disease.Most health organizations now recommend people get screened at age 45. That updated recommendation is due to more younger people being diagnosed with colon cancer.Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines from KOAT Action 7 NewsKOAT health expert Dr. Barry Ramo said 100,000 people will be diagnosed with colon cancer this year. Additionally, an estimated 50,000 people die annually from the disease.Ramo said this does not have to be the case for a very simple reason.”Many of those people do not have to die from the disease because the disease is preventable, and the prevention is getting screened,” Ramo said. “You see, most colon cancers begin with a polyp. “Those polyps very often are benign and can be there for years, but they convert to a cancer,” Ramo said.Screening can help identify …