{description}In the 9.3 minutes it takes you to skim through this magazine, one person in the United States will have died from colon cancer. According to the American Cancer Society's estimates, 145,000 people will be diagnosed and 56,730 people will die from colectoral cancer in our country alone each year. Colon cancer is currently the third most common form of cancer in the western world. Tumors and polyps in the colon, rectum, and appendix characterize this type of cancer.{/description}