Hoosier spreads awareness after colonoscopy detects Stage 1 colon cancer

INDIANAPOLIS — March is colon cancer awareness month. It’s a disease that’s not just impacting older Hoosiers. Now, people in their 30s and 40s are being diagnosed with the second deadliest form of cancer.

“Had I not been diagnosed at 47 and waited until 50, this would have been a much different outcome,” said Todd Carlson.

The 48-year-old was diagnosed with colorectal cancer last February after his primary care doctor recommended a routine colonoscopy.

A year later, he is cancer-free and gives all the credit to early detection…

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