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The most influential U.S. guidelines on colorectal cancer screening probably are those of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the American Cancer Society (ACS). In their most recent iterations, both groups lowered the age at which average-risk people should begin screening to age 45 (NEJM JW Gen Med Jun 15 2021 and JAMA 2021; 325:1965; and CA Cancer J Clin 2018; 68:250). Now, the American College of Physicians (ACP) has weighed in with a “Guidance Statement”: The authors reviewed the evidence that informed the USPSTF and ACS recommendations and drew their own conclusions — several of which disagree with those of other organizations.
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