The deadly and silent killer colorectal cancer is the number three disease in the United States.

It is considered to be hazardous since most of the times patients do not know they have this cancer until it gets too late.

Paula Hess, Bayhealth Medical Center Cancer-Screening Nurse Navigator, said that there are no visible symptoms in the initial stages of this cancer. And when it is diagnosed, the cancer has already reached an advanced stage.

Symptoms like unexplained fatigue, pain in the abdomen or rectum, bleeding from the rectum and changes in bowel habits lasting a week or more account to this type of cancer.

One in 14 men and one in 16 women are likely to develop colorectal cancer during their lifetime, while one in 28 men and one in 31 women will die from it.

Bayhealth Medical Center will observe Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month by providing educational seminars and activities, and lifesaving colorectal check-ups.

Awareness of the disease is likely to help people in keeping this deadly cancer at bay. Education on colorectal cancer aids people to know about its symptoms which are not evident.

Hess said that the best way to protect yourself from this cancer is to have a colonoscopy.

According to cancer screening guidelines, colorectal screenings for men and women should start at age of 50. It is better to go for regular colorectal screenings, for if detected early, it is curable.

Meanwhile, the Colon Cancer Association of Canada (CCAC) is requesting men and women to show their butt online to promote the campaign for getting screened for the cancer.

Barry Stein, CCAC President, said, "We wanted to create an edgy campaign that would encourage individuals to start a conversation about colon cancer".

It is true that once people hear about such campaigns they are bound to talk about it openly.

And it is praiseworthy on the part of CCAC, Bayhealth Medical Center, and others who are making an effort to create awareness about the fatal colorectal cancer.