The Giant Colon tours Canada to raise colon cancer awareness: 4 key notes

Hundreds gathered in Kahnawake, Canada last week to explore a 13-meter long inflatable colon and learn more about colon cancer, CBC.ca reports.

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Here’s what you should know.

1. The Giant Colon is touring Canada as part of the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada’s outreach tour.

2. The Giant Colon features several unhealthy polyps and lesions to help educate the general public.

3. Association organizers said the Giant Colon is one of the ways the group raises colon cancer awareness.

4. Colon cancer survivor and organization volunteer Frank Pirman told CBC.ca, “There is a certain wow factor about the giant colon and that’s why it’s such a great awareness tool. We try to make this a bit fun for everybody because it is still taboo. Anything below the waist is taboo, so people are talking about it more.”

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