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A retired Raleigh firefighter, 68-year-old Lt. Raymond Harrell, died Sunday after a battle with pancreatic cancer.



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Dozens of firefighters and first responders from across Wake County showed their support and respect Thursday for retired Raleigh Fire Lt. Raymond Harrell. He's in the last stages of his battle against cancer. He served 30 years with the Raleigh Fire Department.

<p>AND THEN A REVIEW OF DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THAT PROPERTY IS EXPECTED TO START WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. WRAL'S AND SEVERAL STORIES ON THE HIGH CANCER RATES IN FIREFIGHTERS. FIREFIGHTERS HAVE A 9% HIGHER CHANCE OF BEING DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AND A 14% HIGHER CHANCE. &gt;&gt; OF DYING FROM THE DISEASE THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION TODAY. RETIRED LIEUTENANT WITH THE RALEIGH FIRE DEPARTMENT SUFFERING FROM PANCREATIC CANCER WAS HONORED IN LIFE. AND AS WRAL, SHELLEY JACKSON REPORTS, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT HIM IS AN INDICATOR OF THE PERSON HE IS. &gt;&gt; DOZENS OF FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS ARE HERE TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT AND RESPECT THE RETIRED RALEIGH FIRE. LIEUTENANT RAYMOND TERRELL WAS IN THE LAST STAGES OF HIS BATTLE AGAINST CANCER. &gt;&gt; WAYMAN TERRELL SERVED 30 YEARS IN THE RALEIGH FIRE DEPARTMENT RUNNING MY CELL WENT TO THE ACADEMY IS HERALD IN 1991. RAYMOND. &gt;&gt; WAS PRATT. JUST SO PROUD TO BE RALEIGH, FIREFIGHTERS IT EVERYWHERE. HE WENT. YOU KNOW, HE WAS PROUD TO CLIMB JUST A GODLY MAN, A GOOD MAN. JUST A WONDERFUL HEART OF SERVICE. &gt;&gt; WE'LL DO ON A GURNEY TO WATCH HIS PARADE FIRETRUCK STRETCHING AROUND THE BLOCK AND NEIGHBORS YOUNG AND OLD LINED UP TO SAY THEIR FINAL GOODBYES. 2 MAN. &gt;&gt; WE GAVE HIS LIFE TO SERVICE. HERE WAS DIAGNOSED LAST YEAR WITH PANCREATIC CANCER AND HE STARTED TO MAKE THE FINAL TRANSITION. BUT HIS SON SAYS THIS OUTPOURING OF LOVE HAS GIVEN HIM AN EXTRA BOOST. HE'S BEEN KIND OF IN AND OUT TODAY. &gt;&gt; BUT HE'S SO ALERT. YOU KNOW, THE EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. RALEIGH FIRE CHAPLAIN JEFFREY NEAL ORGANIZE THE EVENT LETS YOU KNOW, IT'S SO. TO BE ABLE I MEAN, WE'RE SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE YOU KNOW, MAKE MAKE A MAKE THIS FAMILY IS STILL A LITTLE PIECE. GIVE THEM SOMETHING FOR SOME. THERE WERE NO WORDS. &gt;&gt; THE TEARS SAID IT ALL. THE TESTING IT TO HARRELL AND THE LIFE HE HAS LIVED. IT. &gt;&gt; I DON'T KNOW HERALD, BUT IT WAS A PART OF HIS LIFE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SHOWING SHOWING THAT RESPECT FOR THE TIME THAT HE PUT IN A FIRE STARTED AND HOW HE MADE A AND IT'S A GIFT FOR HEROES FAMILY. WE HAVE ONE LAST WITH MY DAD. JUST TELL HIM HOW MUCH WE LOVE THEM. ANYTHING FEEL CHILLY. JACKSON, WRAL, NEWS GARNER HAS A TOUGH JOURNEY. &gt;&gt; CHAPLAIN NEAL SAYS THEY CANNOT SAY WITH CERTAINTY THAT HIS CANCER WAS SPECIFICALLY FROM HIS JOB OF MY JOKES AS ANOTHER FIREFIGHTER IN HARRY UHL'S ACADEMY DID DIE FROM CANCER. AND RALEIGH CAPTAIN NATHAN BURGESS RECENTLY DIED FROM CANCER AS WELL. TODAY'S PARADE WAS HIS WIFE'S IDEA.</p>

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Nearly 53,000 North Carolinians died from colon cancer in 2021, according to the most recent data included in the study. 

2,001,140. That's how many people are expected to hear the words. You have cancer over the course of the next year, many of them minorities, this had probably been happening maybe three years. It was brilliant, maybe three years before someone who knows the shock of diagnosis all too well. Is Tristan Evans every once in a while I get this weird sharp shooting pain in my abdomen. For him, the colon cancer diagnosis came at 42 with no known family history of the disease. It was three years earlier than an African American with his background was even recommended to begin colonoscopies and eight years sooner than someone of average risk. I'm like if it's cancer and is stage three, am I gonna die from this? You have a six month old child and two toddlers at home. So what are you gonna leave your wife with at the time? Colon cancer was the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the US. And the latest data from the American Cancer Society shows those stats haven't improved with nearly 53,000 deaths reported in 2021. And as a black man. Evans was 40% more likely to die than other groups. But thankfully, five weeks of radiation chemotherapy, unlike tens of thousands of others went through surgery. Evans survived. I have a daughter that's 1612 years later, he shares his story as a volunteer health ambassador with the Duke Cancer Institute, highlighting the need for increased screenings, especially among minority populations. And so for minorities, we also have another mentality. Too hard working people. We're going to work through this a little bit of pain. Oh, that's nothing but sitting here, Evans says he's living proof that mindset should be a thing of the past when your body is telling you something's not right. Especially nowadays, talk to your doctor Grace Heba Wral news.

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In 2019 at the age of 38, Brooks Bell never expected to end up in the hospital with colorectal cancer. 

NEWS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON. >> YOU KNOW, USED TO BE COLON. CANCER SCREENINGS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR PEOPLE STARTING AT AGE 50. A NEW REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY SHOWS THAT IN 2019, 20% OF NEW COLORECTAL CANCER PATIENTS OCCURRED UNDER AGE. 55 AND NOW MORE PEOPLE ARE INCLUDED IN RECOMMENDED SCREENING AFTER 2021 GUIDELINES LOWER THE AGE FROM 50 TO 45. >> A RALEIGH ENTREPRENEUR DISCOVERED SHE HAD COLON CANCER AT AGE. 38 WRAL'S KEN SMITH HAS THE STORY. >> IN 2019 BROOKS BELT NEVER EXPECTED TO END UP IN THE HOSPITAL WITH COLORECTAL CANCER, ESPECIALLY AT THE AGE OF 38. WE REALLY NO FAMILY MY PARENTS HAVE BOTH GOTTEN COLONOSCOPIES. NEITHER OF THEM HAD FOUND POLYPS. THE DU GRAD AND HER HUSBAND HAD STARTED A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR WEB BASED TECH COMPANY WHILE ON A BUSINESS TRIP, SHE NOTICED BLOOD IN HER STOOL. I CALLED A DOCTOR FROM MY HOTEL ROOM. >> AND SHE SAID TO HIM, RIDE, EVERYONE GOOD TO HAVE LIED AT SOME POINT. >> THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. SHE CALLED A GUEST INTO ALL THE JUST AND I'M REALLY GLAD I DID BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME THAT COLON CANCER IS. SKYROCKETING IN YOUNG PEOPLE. SO THEY GOT ME IN FOR A COLONOSCOPY. 4 DAYS LATER AND SURE ENOUGH IT WAS A TUMOR THAT WAS CAUSING THE BLEEDING BELL. HAVE THE CANCEROUS TUMOR REMOVED AND UNDERWENT CHEMOTHERAPY. SHE'S BEEN CANCER FREE FOR 4 YEARS. COLON CANCER IS THE 3RD MOST COMMON CANCER IN THE U.S. AND THE LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER RELATED DEATHS. IN TWENTY-TWENTY. ACTOR CHADWICK BOSEMAN DIED FROM THE DISEASE AT AGE. 43 COLON CANCER IS ACTUALLY PREVENTABLE IN A WAY THAT OTHER CANCERS LIKE CANCER AND PROSTATE CANCER, ART. >> POLYPS DISCOVERED THROUGH A COLONOSCOPY CAN BE REMOVED BEFORE THEY BECOME CANCEROUS CELL CREATED AN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN GOLD LEAD FROM BEHIND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MAXIMUM EFFORT OWNED BY ACTOR RYAN RIDDLES. HE SHARED HIS FIRST SCREENING COLONOSCOPY WITH THE WORLD LAST FALL, THOUGH, SIMPLY WANTS PEOPLE BELOW THE AGE OF RECOMMENDED SCREENINGS TO KEEP THE CONCERN ON THE RADAR. MOST PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THAT A COLONOSCOPY DOESN'T JUST DIAGNOSE COLON CANCER, BUT ACTUALLY >> PROTECTS YOU FROM GETTING IT IN THE NEXT 5 OR 10 YEARS. KIDS WITH WRAL NEWS. >> WRAL IS COVERED BILL'S JOURNEY SINCE HER INITIAL DIAGNOSIS IN 2019, SHE ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WAS CANCER FREE AT THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. BELL IS NOW ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COLORECTAL CANCER

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A new report from the American Cancer Society shows that in 2019, 20% of new colorectal cancers occurred in patients under 55 years of age.

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Triangle entrepreneur Brooks Bell, who was diagnosed with Stage III colon cancer in 2019, launched a new venture today, with the help of celeb Ryan Reynolds.

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The US Preventive Services Task Force on Tuesday lowered the recommended age to start screening for colon and rectal cancers from 50 to 45.

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If you are at risk for colon cancer due to your age or family history, why not get screened? The answer is often fear of the colonoscopy exam itself which requires sedation or it could be the perception of what it might cost.