The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) associated an increase in colorectal cancer screenings in the last decade with a decrease in cases of colorectal cancer, as well as deaths due to the disease.
This was revealed in the CDC?s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on Tuesday, according to a feature on the Los Angeles Times. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the country.
The report indicated that as colorectal cancer screenings increased for people aged 50 to 75, from half to two-thirds of those who belong to that age group, the rate of colorectal cancer cases decreased from 52.3 cases per 100,000 in 2003, to 45.4 per 100,000 in 2007. In the same time period, the number of deaths attributed to colorectal cancer decreased from 19 to 16.7 per 100,000.
CDC director Dr. Thomas R. Frieden shared: ?That?s a remarkable increase in screening? but we are concerned that it is beginning to level off.? He went on to say that if everyone in the 50-75 age group had been tested for the disease, then many of the deaths due to colorectal cancer in 2007 could have been prevented.
Most agencies recommend three types of screening for colorectal cancer:
? An annual fecal occult blood test, which can be administered at home;
? A flexible sigmoidoscopy, to be administered by a healthcare provider, every five years. This entails the use of an endoscope by a physician, in order to view the lower portion of the colon, or the sigmoid colon; and
? A colonoscopy every 10 years.
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