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"Colorectal cancer screening saves lives because it detects cancer at early stages when treatment is more effective, and it also removes precancerous lesions, " said Jemal.
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For colorectal cancer, screening for which is recommended for men and women between 50 and 75 years of age, the study found Hispanics were the least likely to report regular screenings (46.5%), followed by Asians (46.9%), African-Americans (55%), and whites (59.8%).
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According to one study, if people got just five types of preventive services when they needed to -- colorectal and breast cancer screening, flu vaccines, counseling to help them quit smoking, and regular aspirin use to prevent strokes -- we could avert 100, 000 deaths each year.
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That's why screening for colorectal cancer should be part of your regular health care, especially after you reach the age of 50.
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Virtually every organization that has issued screening recommendations recommends that a normal-risk person (someone without a family history of colon cancer) start colorectal screening at the age of 50.
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And while 100% of patients referred from the breast screening programme began treatment within two months, this only happened for 88.2% of women referred from the cervical screening programme and 84% of people referred after screening for colorectal cancer.
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Another encouraging sign is a drop in colorectal cancer deaths due to better and more widespread screening.
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Finally, the team found 24 more people with breast cancer and 24 with colorectal cancer, and looked at their tumours for the mutant genes that had got through the screening.
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