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Did you know your lifetime chances of contracting colon cancer are 1 in 20?  No one knows this better than cancer survivor, Crystal Hamilton.

 

Learn how this UM St. Joseph Medical Center Cancer Institute patient first discovered she had advanced colon cancer, even after having had a colonoscopy four years prior.  Crystal’s surgeon, Cancer Institute Medical Director Dr. Nader Hanna, explains how he successfully halted her cancer progression with a combination of a specialized heated chemotherapy and extensive surgery. 

 

Tips and advice on how to identify signs and symptoms of this often “sneaky” disease are also discussed. Learn more here.