Colorectal

When You Should be Screened for Colon Cancer

With the information available to us today, it is often hard to determine when you should be screened for colon cancer or not.  In a recent study led by the American Cancer Society (ACS) the age to start colorectal screening…
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Colorectal cancer incidence rising in younger people

Colorectal cancer, the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States, is increasing in the younger population.  While overall rates for people in their 50’s has declined by about 3 percent per year in men and 2.3 percent per…
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Racial gaps in colon cancer changes survival

Colorectal cancer is still the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, but since the mid-1980’s the rates have slowly declined. That is, in some ethnic groups but not in all. Poorer patients, sometimes black, indigent, or…
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