Erschienen in:
01.04.2016 | Editorial
CRC Screening: Is It Worthwhile in Younger Adults?
verfasst von:
Ethan Bortniker, Joseph C. Anderson
Erschienen in:
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Ausgabe 4/2016
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Excerpt
Although current guidelines recommend screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) in average-risk individual starting at age 50 [
1], more than 10 % of CRC is diagnosed prior to this age [
2]. Furthermore, while the rates for older individuals have decreased, the rates for younger adults may be increasing [
2]. Current guidelines recommend that individuals with a family history of CRC or a genetic syndrome should be screened at an age younger than 50 years, preferentially with colonoscopy [
1]. In 2009, the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) recommended colonoscopic screening of African-Americans starting at age 45 [
1]. Can other groups of adults who may be at risk of CRC at an early age be identified? In the current issue of
Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Jung et al. [
3] describe a strategy designed to identify high-risk individuals <50 years old who might benefit from screening colonoscopy and thus reduce the substantial burden of colorectal cancer in this age group. …
