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[quote=Anonymous]It is recommended to start colon cancer screening at age 45.
There are many acceptable modalities for screening, no one modality is more highly recommended or preferred than the others.

From the USPSTF

Several recommended screening tests are available. Clinicians and patients may consider a variety of factors in deciding which test may be best for each person. For example, the tests require different frequencies of screening, location of screening (home or office), methods of screening (stool-based or direct visualization), preprocedure bowel preparation, anesthesia or sedation during the test, and follow-up procedures for abnormal findings.
Recommended screening strategies include:

High-sensitivity guaiac fecal occult blood test (HSgFOBT) or fecal immunochemical test (FIT) every year
Stool DNA-FIT every 1 to 3 years
Computed tomography colonography every 5 years
Flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years
Flexible sigmoidoscopy every 10 years + annual FIT
Colonoscopy screening every 10 years[/quote]

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