Colorectal Cancer Awareness Events

Crozer-Keystone Health System has planned a range of activities to raise awareness and provide education about colorectal cancer and how it can be prevented and treated. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths (behind lung cancer in the U.S.). Between 80 to 90 percent of colorectal cancer patients are restored to normal health if their cancer is detected and treated in the earliest stages. Colorectal cancer is preventable, treatable and beatable!

Here is a full listing of programs taking place throughout March:

• March 10: “Get in the Game” Informational table with screening information available, Rocky Run YMCA, 1299 West Baltimore Pike, Media from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
• March 16: Lunch and Learn Education Program, “Increasing Screenings & Saving Lives.” Crozer-Chester Medical Center, One Medical Center Blvd., Upland, NE Conf. Room #2, 12 p.m.. Bring your own lunch. Speaker: Michael A. Farber, M.D.
• March 23: Lunch and Learn Education Program, “Increasing Screenings & Saving Lives.” DCMH, 501 N. Lansdowne Ave., Drexel Hill, Meeting Room A, 12 p.m., Bring your own lunch. Speaker: Philip Gilman, M.D.

For more information and to register for any of these events, call 1-800-CK-HEALTH (1-800-254-3258) or visit crozerkeystone.org/calendar.

The board-certified physicians at Crozer-Keystone are trained in the latest technologies and procedures to comprehensively diagnose, manage and treat gastrointestinal and digestive conditions. For more information or to schedule an appointment, visit crozerkeystone.org/GI or call 1-877-CKHS-GI1 (1-877-254-7441).