Raising colorectal cancer awareness

Raising colorectal cancer awareness

A local doctor has tips on how to recognize colon cancer in light of the untimely passing of actor Chadwick Boseman.

SUNDAY WAS A NIGHT OF HONORSFOR ACTOR CHADWICK BOSEMAN...BOTH HERE ON WCPO 9...AND ATTHE M-V VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS.THE"BLACK PANTHER" STAR PASSEDAWAY FRIDAY FROM COLONCANCER... AT JUST 43 YEARS OLWCPO 9 NEWS ANCHOR EVANMILLWARD SHARES HOW HIS DEATHIS NOW RAISING AWARENESS OF ADEADLY DISEASE.SOT TIMOTHY MITCHELL: I feltlike I didn't want this to betrue.

I was in denial.TIMOTHYMITCHELL WAS 43 WHEN HE WASDIAGNOSED.

HE WAS FEELINGTIRED AND SLOW.SOT TIMOTHYMITCHELL [5:05] they did acolonoscopy and they saw alarge mass.HE WAS STAGE THREE--THE SAME AS CHADWICK BOSEMANWHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSEDCOLORECTAL CANCER IS THESECOND DEADLIEST FORM OFCANCER.AND AFRICAN-AMERICANSHAVE THE HIGHEST RATES OF ANYRACIAL/ETHNIC GROUP IN THEU.S. THOSE RATES ARE JUSTABOUT 10 PERCENT HIGHER FORBLACK MEN THAN WHITE.Dr.Olugbenga Olowokure/UC Health0117 If he didn't have anypersonal family history, hewouldn't be a person we wouldpick upSCREENINGS ARE NOWRECOMMENDED AT AGE 45.BOSEMAN'S PRIVATE FOUR-YEARBATTLE STARTED WHEN HE WAS INHIS LATE 30'S.DOCTOR OLUGBENGAOLOWOKURE IS U-C HEALTHONCOLOGIST.Olowokure 1003Trying to tell people to becognizant of their body isextremely importantTHAT MEANSPAYING ATTENTION TO SYMPTOMSLIKE-A CHANGE IN BOWEL HABITS-RECTAL BLEEDING-ABDOMINAL PAIN-UNINTENDED WEIGHT LOSS.EVENIF YOU'RE YOUNG.SOT TIMOTHYMITCHELL [00:17:14]earlydetection is key.

Not payingattention to your body and nottaking care of your body.

Itcould really end sooner thanyou wanted it to.MITCHELL ANDHIS WIFE NOW WORK TO BREAKDOWN HEALTH STIGMA FOR BLACKMEN - BY STARTING ACONVERSATION.ONE DOCTOROLOWOKURE SAYS MORE PEOPLE ARENOW HAVING.Olowokure 1211 Imean, suhc a brave guy andhaving done all the stuff hedid for the last four yearswithout all of us knowing.EVANTAG:HE WENT ON TO SAY ITSPEAKS VOLUMES OF BOSEMAN'SCHARACTER.HE SAYS SCREENINGSHOULD START EARLIER THAN 45IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY.EM, WCPO 9 NEWS