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Please find page 15 of the 2006 Quest Diagnostics annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.TheAmericanCancerSocietyestimatesthat90percentofcolorectalcancersarecurablewithearly
detection, and yet, colorectal cancer remains the third most common cancer and second leading
causeofcancerdeathintheUnitedStates,claiminganestimated55,000liveseachyear.RandyHale
isoneofthosewhocaughtthediseaseearly,thankstoQuestDiagnostics’patient-friendlyInSuretest.
Fasterandeasiertocompletethantraditionalcolorectalcancerscreeningtests,InSureisalsohighly
accurate.Randy completedhistestasa part ofa routineannualphysical,andwasstunnedwhen it
revealedbleedingfromhiscolon—afindingthatquicklyledtothediscoveryoffourpolyps,including
onethatwascancerous.Becausetheconditionwascaughtearly,thepolypsweresuccessfullyremoved
withnoneedforfollow-upchemotherapyorradiation.ForRandy’spart,thestorysharplyunderscores
theimportanceofwellnesstesting.“Ihadnomedicalcomplaints,noreasonforconcernatall,soI
wasshockedwhenmyInSuretestshowedIhadcoloncancersymptoms,”hesays.“Iowemylifeto
earlydetection.”
RandyHale
“TheInSuretesthadclearinstructionsandwaseasytocomplete.Usingitultimatelysavedmy
life.PeopleshouldknowthattakingtheInSuretestisasimpleprocessthatcanhelpthemcatch
diseaseearlyandlivelonger,healthierlives.”
L AND SURV E YOR AN D
COLON C A NC ER SURVIVOR
Englewood,Colorado
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