The age of testing for colorectal cancer has been pushed from 50 to 45, and it is even earlier for at-risk patients because of the rise in the number of young adults being diagnosed with the disease.
Colonoscopies find approximately 95% of these polyps. 4. Colorectal screening among 45- to 49-year -olds has increased threefold since 2021, according to an Oct. 3 study published in JAMA Network Open ...