Patient and Physician Reminders to Promote Colorectal Cancer Screening
Open Access
- 23 February 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Internal Medicine
- Vol. 169 (4) , 364-371
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2008.564
Abstract
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality in the United States.1 Screening programs involving fecal occult blood testing (FOBT), flexible sigmoidoscopy, and colonoscopy lower the incidence of colorectal cancer by removing precancerous adenomas, detect cancers at more curable early stages, and reduce colorectal cancer mortality.2-6 National guidelines strongly recommend screening for colorectal cancer for average-risk adults 50 years and older.7-9Keywords
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