Colorectal cancer screening rates are similar among older adults despite varying 10-year mortality risks, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report in a study. The findings, published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, challenge conventional age-based recommendations for CRC screening that don’t take into account factors like individual life expectancies and comorbidities.
Mail-in self-collection tests for human papillomavirus more than doubled cervical cancer screening participation among never- and under-screened U.S. women, according to a first-of-its-kind study from researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
