I was reading the news today when I came across an article stating that the colorectal cancer screening guidelines had been changed. Woah! This is important stuff. For your convenience, I’ve listed one of the changes in the below table:
|
Factor Being Changed |
Old Guideline |
New Guideline |
|
Type of Tests Recommended |
Fecal Occult Blood Test annually; Flexible Sigmoidoscopy and Double-Contrast Barium Enema every five years; Colonoscopy every ten years |
Fecal Occult Blood Test and Polyp-Detecting Test annually; Colonoscopy every ten years OR one of two types of polyp-detecting tests every five years |
What do you think this change means?
