Centers for Disease Control
![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...