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Edel’s Semi-Colon Club

Edel Blumberg  was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 47.  Despite undergoing surgery and chemotherapy, the disease returned three years later.  After another course of treatment, Edel founded the Semi-Colon Club, an organization dedicated to spreading awareness about colon cancer prevention, screening and treatment.  Or, as Edel likes to say, colon cancer is preventable, treatable and beatable.  Click below to hear his story.


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