Colorectal cancer screening to begin at age 45, lowered from 50
New update! Recommended age has been lowered from 50 to 45 for colorectal screenings!
New update! Recommended age has been lowered from 50 to 45 for colorectal screenings!
With the world mourning the death of Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman, experts are warning about the rising rates of colon cancer in young people. After being diagnosed in 2016, Boseman quietly battled colon cancer until he passed away on August 28, 2020. He was 43 years old. (1) What Is Colon Cancer? Colon cancer,…
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 is the third most common type of cancer in the US. It is a serious disease in which cancer cells form in the colon and/or rectum. Men and women, across all races and ethnicities, are at risk for this disease. Each year, nearly 60,000 people are expected to die from colon cancer. (1,…
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Colon Cancer Colon Cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in United States. However, this can be completely prevented. With a simple screening test, colon cancer does not have to be a killer of thousands of people every year. Screening for colon cancer can be easy and done in 30 minutes. The best…
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…