MARK: IN LIGHT OF CHADWICK
BOSEMAN'S DEATH AT 43 YEARS OLD,
ADVOCATES AND DOCTORS IN CHICAGO
ARE SAYING NOW IS THE TIME TO
THINK ABOUT GETTING SCREENED FOR
COLON CANCER.
>> NOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENED
WITH CHADWICK, WE DO NOT WANT
ANOTHER CHADWICK BOSEMAN.
WE DID NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN
TO ANOTHER FAMILY.
MARK: DIAGNOSED WITH COLON
CANCER AT JUST 35 RESULT.
>> I AM A 17 YEAR SURVIVOR OF
COLORECTAL CANCER.
THERE WERE NO RESOURCES FOR ME.
MARK: SHE IS FIGHTING TO EDUCATE
DISEASE AND BRING RESOURCES TO
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN THE CITY
THROUGH HER BLUE HAT FOUNDATION.
>> THE DISEASE IS THE ISSUE.
THE SCREENING --
MARK: BUT THE DATA IS STARTLING.
ACCORDING TO THE CHICAGO CITY
HEALTH ANALYST, BLACK PEOPLE DIE
OF COLORECTAL CANCER AT A RATE
ALMOST DOUBLE WHITE PEOPLE.
AND PEOPLE WHO SUFFER HIGH
ECONOMIC HARDSHIP DIE OF
COLORECTAL CANCER AT A HIGHER
RATE THAN THE CITYWIDE AVERAGE.
THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS COLORECTAL
CANCER IS THE COMMON CANCER IN
MEN AND WOMEN IN ILLINOIS.
>> I THINK THERE IS A STIGMA
TALKING ABOUT POOP.
BUT IF ANYTHING, THAT CAN BE THE
FIRST SIGN OF A DISEASE PROCESS.
MARK: AND A LACK OF HEALTH
RESOURCES IN BLACK COMMUNITIES.
>> THAT IS THE MAJOR FACTOR, THE
ACCESS TO CARE, THE ACCESS TO
HEALTHY FOOD.
MARK: DOCTORS SAY THEY DO NOT
KNOW WHY COLON CANCER RATES ARE
INCREASING AND YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT
SHE HAS A MESSAGE.
>> KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT
INVINCIBLE.
GO TO THE DOCTOR.
MARK
