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Posts for: July, 2017
Tier one options are considered the “cornerstones of screening” and include colonoscopy every 10 years. The task force, which includes the American College of Gastroenterology, called for black Americans to begin CRC screening at age 45 and acknowledged the trend of higher rates of CRC in adults younger than age 50 is a "major public health concern."
Researchers have developed a risk-prediction model that estimates colorectal cancer survival, for up to 10 years post-diagnosis, according to a report in The BMJ. Factors associated with better survival in women included younger age, earlier cancer stage, well or moderately differentiated cancer, surgery, family history of bowel cancer, and being prescribed statins and aspirin at diagnosis. Results were similar for men.
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