The updated national colorectal cancer screening guidelines that recommend screening begin at age 45 -; rather than 50 -; can benefit younger adults, a new Kaiser Permanente study found.
Here are five takeaways from the study: 1. Patients aged 45-49 completed colorectal cancer screening via FIT at about the same rate as those aged 50 when given the option. 2. Among those aged 45-49, ...
Kaiser Permanente study shows updated national colorectal cancer screening guidelines that recommend screening begin at age 45 — rather than 50 — benefit younger adults.
Newly available blood tests to screen for colorectal cancer sound far more appealing than a standard colonoscopy. Instead of clearing your bowels and undergoing an invasive procedure, the tests ...
NEW YORK, Oct. 28 (UPI) --New blood tests screen for colorectal cancer in a much less invasive way than colonoscopy, but deaths will increase if many people choose this alternative, a new study ...
For stool-based tests every one to three years (depending on test) the incidence of colorectal cancer ranged from 2,181 to 2,498 cases per 100,000 people, and deaths ranged from 904 to 1,025.