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Screening colonoscopies in 45- to 49-year-olds yield similar rates of cancer and lesions as in 50- to 54-year-olds, according ...

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Rates of colorectal cancer detection through colonoscopy screening are similar for adults aged 45 to 49 years and 50 to 54 ...

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The fact is more and more younger people are being diagnosed with colon cancer. For one local woman, her cancer came when she least expected it.

"Colonoscopy, while sometimes viewed as unpleasant, is the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening," said Dr. Michael Del Rosario, a colorectal surgeon at Southern Ocean Medical Center.