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Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer rising in younger patients
August 13, 2009
Colorectal cancer rates have dropped steadily for more than a decade, but younger patients are bucking the trend.
Colonoscopy now favored by primary-care physicians
By Traci Dantoni July 23, 2009
Overtaking fecal occult blood testing and sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy jumped to being the most popular procedure recommended by primary-care physicians to look for signs of colorectal cancer.
Colorectal cancer rising among younger patients
By Myra Dembrow July 13, 2009
New data support current screening recommendations, but family and other history will help you identify which patients need colonoscopy regardless of age.
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