Actor Luke Perry, who lost a friend this year to colon cancer, has got involved with an anti-colorectal cancer campaign, which encourages people to get screened for the disease. Perry, 48, was approached by childhood friend Chad Schrack, whose wife is a survivor of the disease, for the "One Million Strong" campaign, reported People magazine. [related-post] "I can't imagine anything Chad would ask me to do that I wouldn't help him with, so I was happy to jump in and help. Once I found out what the numbers were about this cancer – about how detectable it is, and how lethal it is if you don't detect it – it boggled my mind." Fight Colorectal Cancer has teamed up with Bayer healthcare to encourage people to share a "#strongarmselfie" – for each strong arm-pose selfie taken with the hashtag, Bayer will donate $1 to help fund advocacy and awareness. "Everybody's always taking selfies anyway, why not just hold your arm up and make a buck for cancer?" said Perry. The former "90210" star hopes his involvement in the campaign will inform people about colorectal cancer and how preventable it is with proper screening.
