Did you see the giant inflatable colon in Tampa?

Chris Urso, Tampa Bay Times
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TAMPA — For the month of March, Moffitt Cancer Center and the Museum of Science & Industry are giving visitors an opportunity to walk through a giant inflatable colon for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

The American Cancer Society estimates in 2024, about 106,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colon cancer and another 46,000 will be diagnosed with rectal cancer. Colon and rectal cancers have become the leading causes of cancer death in younger adults. The inflatable colon at MOSI offers visitors a chance to see inside of a colon and highlights both normal and abnormal events.

Yells of “ewww” could be heard as a group of first graders from Lakewood Elementary School in St. Petersburg punched polyps as they walked through the colon on Friday.

“It’s all they could talk about,” said their teacher, Meliea Kirk.