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Show I Help Break the Silence COLORECTAL CANCER FACTS: Colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer In Utah. If detected and treated early, survival rates exceed 75 percent. No visible symptoms appear in the early stages; detection is possible only through regular screenings. Once outward symptoms appear, the five-year survival rate is less than 25 percent. Men and women are equally at risk. Ninety-five percent of the cases are found in people 50 and over. HOW YOU CAN BREAK THE SILENCE: If you are over 40 years of age . . . Participate in the January colorectal cancer screening, sponsored by Intermountain Health Care in cooperation with the American Cancer Society. Mail in the request card below to receive your free cancer screening kit. Return the test in the postage paid envelope for analysis. Learn the facts about colorectal cancer, and ask your doctor for an annual or semi-annual screening test. On the average, over the past five years, a Utahn has died from colorectal cancer every 53 hours Help break the silence. r----------------------------i A Simple Test That Can Save Your Life! I 17X1 INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH CARE, INC. I I VJtgH COLORECTAL CANCER I rll Of SCREENING PROGRAM P.O. BOX 11200 ! J SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84147-0200 , ' Please send me a free colorectal cancer screening kit ' to detect hidden blood in the stool. ! NAME J 1 ADDRESS J 1 CITY STATE ZD? 1 1 AGE SEX PHONE (You must be over age 40 to participate) Ad space provided as a public service of this newspaper. Floral (rifts That Lust I Foliage planters by Bonneville Greenhouse 1 130 E. Main. Am. Fork (i 756-7946 I X&i One block Wf$ North. 5 I b'0Cks EaSt ' j- ' from Fred |