My research question for my paper was the following:
“Many of the potential risk factors that can lead to colon cancer are, people of older age, African-American race, personal history of colorectal cancer or polyp, inflammatory intestinal conditions, family history, low fiber or high fat diet, diabetes, smoking, obesity, alcohol, being inactive, and radiation in abdomen from previous treatments (Mayo Clinic, n.d).”
When starting this capstone I thought that only family history, age, and potentially other intestinal conditions were factors of colon cancer however I was wrong. To my surprise, your race can also play a role in this as well as smoking and drinking. Although I already knew that smoking and drinking were bad, I wasn’t sure that it could cause colon cancer too. Even though this is a small piece of information, it says a lot of shocking facts that you may have never known. It lists many quick factors to colon cancer and that’s more than enough to try to prevent it. This is why I am trying to raise awareness for colon cancer because it's a deadly cancer that you can possibly try to prevent getting.
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