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Ignoring the facts about
Colorectal Cancer
can do a real number on you.
60% Adults over 50
who have not
been screened
90% Survival rate when
detected early
40% Cases detected early
1 Number of lives
you have
MARCH IS COLORECTAL
CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
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office will become the practice’s
main location, while the Tradd
Court office will be a satellite
location.
“We will become more
centrally located for the great
majority of our patients,” says
dermatologist Dr. Kim Edwards.
“Instead of building practices and
hoping patients find you, it’s putting
locations where patients live,
work and shop.”
Besides the Wilmington
and Wrightsville Beach areas,
Dermatology Associates
sees patients from Burgaw,
Hampstead, Jacksonville, Rocky
Point, Kenansville and as far as
Emerald Isle, the practice states.
Patients want convenient access
to primary care, says John Gizdic,
New Hanover Regional Medical
Center’s executive vice president
of strategic development.
“They want to be able to access
their physicians and especially primary
care closer to home or closer
to where they work, and not …
necessarily always have to come
down to the medical district, if
you will, around the hospital for
everything,” Gizdic says.
2 nd. Leading cause of
cancer deaths in
the U.S.
50 yrs. Age that everyone
should be screened
40yrs. Screening age for
those with first
degree relative with
colorectal cancer or
colon polyps
Get screened. Call 910.362.1011
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