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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 Robert Smith, director of screening for the American Cancer Society, said the Manitoba findings support the current recommendation for frequency of screening. "Some people have questioned the 10-year period," Smith said.
As for screening the elderly, "the big issue is identifying those people in whom the benefit outweighs the risk," he said.
"For this age group we have to be extra careful," agreed Dr. Stephen Shibata, director of the gastrointestinal program at the City of Hope Cancer Center, in Duarte, Calif. "We need to know what the patient's health is, what the patient wishes. Patient and physician need to have a discussion before they have a procedure."
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Learn more about colorectal cancer at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov ).
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SOURCES: Timothy R. Church, Ph.D, professor, environmental health sciences, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis; Robert Smith, Ph.D, director, cancer screening, American Cancer Society, Atlanta; Stephen Shibata, M.D., director, gastrointestinal program, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte, Calif; May 24/31, 2006, Journal of the American Medical Association
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