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The rate of colon cancer for those under 50 years of age is up 51-percent, an increase that has lead the American Cancer Society to revise its screening guidelines for the cancer. We talk to Jason Weiss, of Pinnacle Colon and Rectal Surgeons, and Kari Amarosso, a colon cancer survivor.

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