Correction: Hot Dogs-Cancer story

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 08/28/2008 - 10:09

CHICAGO (AP) -- In an Aug. 26 story about a new TV ad linking hot dogs with cancer, The Associated Press, relying on figures provided by a nutrition adviser to the American Institute for Cancer Research, erroneously reported average risks for colon cancer and how eating hot dogs affects those risks.

Karen Collins said she misstated the average adult's lifetime risk for getting colorectal cancer, which is about 5 percent, not 5.8 percent....

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