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Colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of death from cancer in the United States, will claim approximately 56,730 lives in 2004.¹ Screening for colorectal cancer lowers both the mortality and the incidence of the disease and is widely recommended for persons 50 years of age or older. Interest in screening has increased in recent years but remains low. Only 53 percent of Americans who are 50 years of age or older have undergone screening within the recommended intervals.² The needless deaths from and complications of colorectal cancer that occur as a consequence of this low rate of screening make correction . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Departments of Family Medicine, Preventive Medicine, and Community Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.

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