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Not counting skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer among men and women in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. Nearly 50,000 people will die of colorectal cancer in the United States this year.
Men and women at average risk of colorectal cancer should have a colorectal screening test after age 50, the American Cancer Society recommends.
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The U.S. National Library of Medicine has more on colon polyps.
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