Intermountain 'Inflatable Colon' educates Utahns on colorectal cancer

SANDY, Utah — As part of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Intermountain Health is hosting its 'Let's Get to the Bottom of Colon Cancer' tour. Ove...

March 18, 2023
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SANDY, Utah — As part of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Intermountain Health is hosting its 'Let's Get to the Bottom of Colon Cancer' tour. Over 30 days, a 12-foot, 113-pound inflatable colon will travel to 22 Intermountain hospitals and clinics in Utah and Idaho. It stopped at Intermountain Alta View Hospital in Sandy on Monday. The exhibit gives people the chance to walk through the inside of a human colon and learn about the effects diseases can have on the vital organ. According to Intermountain Health, one of the most critical messages of the campaign is letting people know that colon cancer is one of the most treatable cancers.

April Baker