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Podcast: GSTJ Podcast - Gundersen St. Joseph's Hospital and Clinics. A local population health podcast.
Episode: 45 is the new 50 - Colon Cancer Prevention with Dr. Alex Wade
Description: On this episode of our community health podcast, we talk with the amazing Dr. Alex Wade about how to prevent colon cancer. Dr. Wade is one of three general surgeons at Gundersen St. Joseph's providing a range of surgical services, the most common of which is colonoscopy. Dr. Wade talks through the process, the prep, and why 45 is the new 50.
"Of cancers that affect both men and women, colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer in the United States, but it doesn’t have to be. Colorectal cancer screening saves lives. Screening can find precancerous polyps—abnor...