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New Guidelines Recommend Earlier Colorectal Cancer Screenings

Colorectal cancer may kill thousands of patients under 50 this year. New guidelines recommend starting regular screening at age 45.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with STAT’s Nick St. Fleur about the new guidelines.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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