Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Still Fall Far Short of Recommended Levels
- 13 February 2008
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 299 (6) , 622
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.299.6.622
Abstract
While recommendations call for adults aged 50 years or older to receive colorectal cancer screening, far too many still do not undergo the potentially life-saving procedure. Studies of the US population published late last year found that between 1998 and 2004, only 1 in 4 Medicare beneficiaries were screened, and that as of 2005, half of people aged 50 years or older had never had a screening colonoscopy, considered the gold standard of the screening modalities.Keywords
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