March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month - a disease that is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States.

According to the American Cancer Society, about 1 in 23 min will develop cancer at some point in their life. However, Dr. Travis Holt, a General and Colorectal Surgeon at Carle BroMenn Medical Center, says cancer attacks people at a variety of stages of their lives.

According to Dr. Holt, colon cancer develops slowly over time. One way to screen for colon cancer is a colonoscopy, where doctors can identify polyps.