Breaking News: ACS Changes the Colorectal Cancer Screening Age to 45!
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Breaking News: ACS Changes the Colorectal Cancer Screening Age to 45!

Today the American Cancer Society released new screening guidelines for colorectal cancer which including changing the age to 45! This discovery was just published in the CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians and states that doctors need to change the age from 50.  This is due to younger people presenting with symptoms early and with the proper treatment…

Colon Cancer Rates Rising in Younger People
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Colon Cancer Rates Rising in Younger People

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR from New York Times Incidences of colorectal cancer have been decreasing by about 1 percent a year since the mid 1980s, but incidences among people under 50 — the recommended screening age — has been increasing sharply, and these younger patients are more likely to present with advanced disease. The study, published…