Cancer Coalition
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Bluesky Communication began the month of October celebrating Customer Service Week, an international celebration of the importance of customer service and of the people who serve and support customers daily.
The month of October is also internationally recognized as...
![Tauga accepting the ASCCC stipend for her dad – Fala Tiatia who is one of the two men recently diagnosed with colorectal cancer, which is on the rise in American Samoa. [courtesy photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/TIATIA%20Fala%20daughter%20Tauga.jpg?itok=SEuf-k4c "Tauga accepting the ASCCC stipend for her dad – Fala Tiatia who is one of the two men recently diagnosed with colorectal cancer, which is on the rise in American Samoa. [courtesy photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC, 2018) colorectal cancer almost always develops from “precancerous polyps” (abnormal growths) in the colon or rectum. Screening tests such as:
DRE or digital rectal exams (for men and women) allows a doctor to check...