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March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and Buffalo State’s Health and Wellness Department andEmployee Assistance Program (EAP) and the American Cancer Society are launching a campaign to help employees learn about the disease and how to prevent it. One hundred six people are diagnosed with cancer in Erie County each week, and 45 of them will eventually will die from the disease, according to the New York State Cancer Registry. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States and the No. 1 cause of death for people between 45 to 85. Colorectal cancer is one of the major forms of cancer that can be detected early and can be easily and successfully treated. Yet it is the only type of cancer for which mortality rates have not decreased, because the rate of screening is significantly lower than for other forms of cancer nationally, statewide, and in Erie County.

Informational brochures, workshops, and online materials will be made available throughout the semester. The goal of this activity is to improve employees’ quality of life, reduce health-care and benefit costs, and reduce unnecessary deaths from colorectal cancer.

If you are interested in helping with the campaign by completing a short survey, please contact Susan Baldwin, assistant professor of health and wellness, (716) 878-6503, for more information.

Your participation in this survey will automatically enter you in a raffle for one of several prizes. Those who are interested but do not have Internet access can call the Health and Wellness Department at (716) 878-6501 or (716) 878-6502 for assistance.