“Excluding skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United States. It’s estimated for the number of colorectal cancer cases in the United States for 2017 are: 95,520 new cases of colon cancer and 39,910 new cases of rectal cancer.  Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women in the United States  and the second leading cause in men.”

American Cancer Society