A new center helping patients detect colon cancer early held its grand opening on Saturday.
The Endoscopy Institute of Hawaii will open to the public on Monday offering colonoscopy screenings in hopes of preventing colon cancer.
It is the first center of its kind in Hawaii.
Currently, it takes patients nine months to a year to get an colonoscopy appointment.
Medical experts suggest people get a colonscopy at the age of 50.
People with a family history of colon cancer should get screened earlier.
The procedure takes about a half hour.
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