The Community Health Center of the New River Valley and the University of Virginia Cancer Center partnered to boost southwest Virginia’s colorectal cancer screening rate by mailing at-home test kits to patients.
New research from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine suggests that one’s biological age, which can be higher than his or her chronological age – a concept called accelerated aging – may predict who’s at risk for developing colon polyps, a known risk factor for colorectal cancer.
