Memorial Medical Milestones 2021, Issue 1

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Risk on the Rise: More Young Adults With Colon Cancer

For more information or to make an appointment with Dr. Fontenot, call 337.494.4785 or go to www.lcmh.com where you can

With this new upward trend in younger people being diagnosed with colorectal cancer, the recommended age for having a colonoscopy has dropped from 50 to 45.

view Dr. Fontenot’s seminar on early onset colorectal cancer. 6


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