91.   Fanning died of colon cancer at her Boston home, where she lived with her husband and was writing a book about her years in Alaska.

92.   Fiber has also been knocked around a bit lately, after three disappointing studies failed to find that a high-fiber diet helped to prevent colon cancer.

93.   Everybody is having their cholesterol checked, vision examined, blood worked up and a rectal exam for colon cancer.

94.   First was the observation that people who take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have about half the incidence of colon cancer as those who do not take the drugs.

95.   For example, the genes for colon cancer were recently identified.

96.   For instance, a high-fiber diet reduces the likelihood of developing colon cancer.

97.   Floyd Nichols, a computer salesman and entrepreneur who had a rare disease that leads to colon cancer, heard of a drug that might save his life.

98.   Following emergency surgery on a blockage in his abdominal aorta, he disclosed he had been diagnosed with colon cancer.

99.   For example, many Americans sought examinations of their bowels after President Ronald Reagan had surgery for colon cancer.

100.   For years, doctors have been recommending that patients with a family history of colon cancer or with any symptoms of the disease undergo a colonoscopy examination.