Recommended hybrid screening strategy for colorectal cancer

A strategy that combines two effective colorectal cancer screening methods, fecal immunological test and colonoscopy, may improve prevention and detection of colorectal cancer and reduce costs, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (CGH), the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. The study used a simulation model to test a hybrid screening strategy consisting of annual or biennial fecal immunological test at younger ages (50 to 65 years of age), combined with a single colonoscopy when the patient is 66 years old...

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