Oncologia

Early colorectal cancer screening for African Americans

March has been declared “Colon Cancer Awareness Month” in the USA. In synchrony with this, the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) has released new screening guidelines for colorectal cancer, published in this month's issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology. The new guidelines continue to endorse the advice from the American Gastroenterology Association that everyone over 50 years should have a colonoscopy once every 10 years. But, in light of research published in 2005, the ACG now also recommend that screening begin at 45 years in African Americans.
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