New Guidelines Could Help Millions More Americans Get Colon Cancer Testing

New guidelines from the American Cancer Society are expanding colon cancer screening options beyond colonoscopies and established stool-based tests.

The recommendations still call for colorectal cancer screening in people at average risk starting at age 45 and continuing through age 75 for those with a life expectancy of 10 more years.

And colonoscopy is still considered the gold standard test.

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