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"Amazing" progress in fighting colon cancer

A new study finds colon cancer rates dropped 30 percent over the last decade in people over the age of 50. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook, who is also a gastroenterologist, says it shows what a big difference colonoscopies can make in saving lives.
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