It’s been said before and it’s being said again…

… Colorectal screening saves lives.

You’d think by now that this has been settled. After all, how many studies have been done on screening and its effect on detecting cancer? And screening doesn’t necessarily mean having colonoscopies. It could be as simple as having your stool checked for hidden blood or occult blood.

Yet another study, this time published in the most recent issue of Journal of the National Cancer Institute, says the same thing. According to researchers, a district in Italy experienced a 13% decline in colorectal cancer since establishing an occult blood screening program in the early 1980s.

You can read more about this in the article Screening for Colorectal Cancer Saves Lives.

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Tags: cancer blog, colorectal cancer, colorectal cancer screening, occult blood, colonoscopies