Colorectal Cancer

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This week’s podcast episode covers CRC screening, GLP-1 eligibility in youth, women’s heart health, FIT outreach, and ultraprocessed food risks.

Your daily dose of the clinical news you may have missed.

If FIT results indicated colonoscopy, respondents preferred personal follow-up vs digital; significant barriers to undergoing fear of the test and positive cancer finding were the most significant barriers to follow-up.

Your daily dose of the clinical news you may have missed.

New data show up-to-date CRC screening rose from 20.8% in 2019 to 33.7% in 2023, with gains driven by stool testing and colonoscopy.

For initiating colorectal cancer screening in average-risk young adults, a default mailed outreach strategy outperformed 3 active choice options in a randomized study.

As the incidence of young-onset colorectal cancer continues to rise, the findings from a large Taiwanese population-based study support lowering the age for initial screening.

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Breakthrough device designation for the multicancer detection test is supported by clinical validation data demonstrating an overall specificity of 98.6% and sensitivity of 60%.