A Filipino doctor is strongly advocating early colon cancer screening to prevent and cure the fourth most common cancer in the country.

Dr. Jun Ruiz of St. Luke’s Medical Center in Bonifacio Global City on Friday said March is celebrated as Colorectal (or simply Colon) Cancer Awareness Month, a campaign first launched in 1999 by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to aggressively promote screening.

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