Colon cancer is in the news these days. A few weeks ago Chadwick Boseman passed away in his early 40's of metastatic colon cancer. In one fell swoop, his tragic passing highlighted three traits of colon cancer: 1) Colon cancer is increasing in younger Americans aged 20-50. 2) Black Americans are [Read More]
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At Home Screening for Colorectal Cancer
The recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine is trending right now. It is a meta-analysis of 120,000 patients who had FIT testing (checks for microscopic blood in the stool) over the years. Their conclusions were that if FIT testing was done compliantly on an annual basis, it was highly [Read More]
