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Colonoscopy Screening Among US Adults Aged 40 or Older With a Family History of Colorectal Cancer

INTRODUCTION: Colonoscopy screening reduces colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality. CRC screening is recommended at age 50 for average-risk people. Screening of first-degree relatives of CRC patients is recommended to begin at age 40 or 10 years before the age at diagnosis of the youngest r...

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Autores principales: Tsai, Meng-Han, Xirasagar, Sudha, Li, Yi-Jhen, de Groen, Piet C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4454413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25996988
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.140533