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Super Colon Story - Channel 30

The script from the 5pm:

Nancy: There's a new "attraction" in northeast Fresno that's sure to lead to a few jokes but could ultimately save lives.
Warren: A giant inflatable colon is on display at Fresno's Cancer Care center. The twenty-foot interactive colon teaches people about the symptoms, prevention and treatment for colorectal cancer -- the second leading cancer killer in the U.S. If detected early, patients have a 90 percent survival rate.
Dr. Jedidiah Monson: Unfortunately in America only about 10 percent of patients of the general population complies with having a screening colonoscopy, which could save their lives.
VO: Doctors recommend colonoscopies for men and women every 10 years starting at the age of 50.

And the 11am script:

Christine: A giant inflatable colon could help prevent cancer... One patient at a time. The super colon is a larger-than-life display at Cancer Care Associates in northeast Fresno. The 20-foot interactive colon teaches people about the symptoms, prevention and treatment for colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer in the u-s for both men and women combined. But if detected early...has a 90 percent survival rate.
Dr. Jedidiah Monson: Unfortunately in America only about 10 percent of patients of the general population complies with having a screening colonoscopy, which could save their lives.
VO: Doctors recommend colonoscopies for men and women every 10 years starting at the age of 50. The super colon will be on display until 6pm tonight at Cancer Care Associates in northeast Fresno.