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As we mark Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, some statistics have prompting updates in how the risks of this cancer are communicated - and to whom.
While colorectal cancer incidence rates decreased by about 1 percent per year overall from 2011 to 2019, the decline has been confined to individuals 65 and older. Since the mid-1990s, rates have increased 1-2 percent per year in those younger than 55 years of age.
Rising incidence has also rapidly shifted mortality patterns in adults under 50, as colorectal cancer has gone from the fourth leading cause of cancer death in both younger men and women two decades ago to first in men and second in women.
Rising incidence has also rapidly shifted mortality patterns in adults under 50, as colorectal cancer has gone from the fourth leading cause of cancer death in both younger men and women two decades ago to first in men and second in women.
The ACS National Colorectal Cancer Round Table recently released the Lead Time Messaging Guidebook - a resource to encourage on-time colorectal cancer screening, the guide is intended to provide health care professionals with information and tools to motivate individuals at average and heightened risk to get screened.
NCCRT will host its annual NCCRT Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Webcast at 11 am CT/10 am MT March 13. Registration is required.
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