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Brian Vastag

JAMA. 2003;289:1912.

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Washington—Outside a carnival tent, a young girl approaches passersby and tries to persuade them to crawl through a giant colon.

"It's not totally gross," she says. "It's kind of realistic, but it isn't real."

If it were real, the 40-foot-long curved tube of plywood and polyurethane would be truly alarming. Besides its improbable size, the tunnel features realistic depictions of early and advanced malignancies, polyps, and diverticulosis, all modeled from structures seen on colonoscopy.

The "Colossal Colon," an exhibit to raise awareness about colorectal cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment, is touring 20 cities in the United States in 2003. (Photo credit: Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation)

Dreamed up by Molly McMaster, 27, the ersatz intestine recently began an 8-month, 20-city tour around the country to educate people of all ages about the signs and symptoms of early colon cancer.

"One of my goals," said McMaster, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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