Thumb counties hit by high colorectal cancer rates

LANSING Residents of three agricultural counties in the Thumb have a disproportionately high rate of colorectal cancer, including a higher death rate from the disease, according to a new study. Among the risk factors that may account for the geographic disparity are the prevalence of obesity, the proportion of residents of Huron, Sanilac and Tuscola counties who smoke, older age and an …