The Center For Disease Control (CDC) has all the current facts about colon cancer in the United States and colon cleansing doesn't even enter into the statistics. Some people have become proponents of using cleansing products to prevent colon cancer since it has become such a large problem and continues to affect more people. However, using products to cleanse waste from your colon may be comparable to looking for a solution from a bottle when there are more sensible ways to approach it.