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Colorectal cancer screening patterns after the American Cancer Society’s recommendation to initiate screening at age 45 years
Author(s) -
Fedewa Stacey A.,
Siegel Rebecca L.,
Goding Sauer Ann,
Bandi Priti,
Jemal Ahmedin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.32662
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , cancer , colorectal cancer screening , cancer screening , harm , gerontology , demography , colonoscopy , sociology , political science , law
In May 2018, the American Cancer Society updated its colorectal cancer (CRC) screening guidelines, lowering the age to initiate screening among average‐risk individuals from 50 years to 45 years because of increasing risk in younger generations and a favorable benefit‐to‐harm ratio. Herein, the authors report that past‐year CRC testing among individuals aged 45 to 49 years more than doubled during 2018 in concert with the Society lowering the recommended age for screening.