Twin Cities Live: Colorectal Cancer Awareness


March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, shining a spotlight on the importance of early screening and supporting those facing the nation’s second leading cause of cancer deaths.

On this episode of Twin Cities Live, a Maple Grove mom shares her own powerful story, crediting Dr. Nisha Jacobs and her care team at Minnesota Oncology along with a lifesaving colonoscopy for her incredible recovery.

Dr. Aneel Damle, Vice President of Colon & Rectal Surgery Associates—a division of Minnesota Oncology—joins in studio to discuss the importance of early screening.

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