What is your strategy for counseling patients who don't qualify for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening under the current guidelines but are concerned with its increasing incidence at a younger age?
USPSTF Colorectal Cancer: Screening Recommendation
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Primary Care · Providence Saint Vincent Medical Center
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When counseling patients who are concerned about increasing rates of colorectal cancer among younger patients but do not qualify for screening based on current guidelines, I take the following approach:
- I try and elicit if there is any specific reason for their concern (signs, symptoms, family hist...
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