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You could save your life with a colonoscopy

Thursday, January 18, 2024

LiveWell

In 2018, the American Cancer Society lowered the recommended age from 50 to 45 for colon cancer
screening. The change was made because more middle-age and young adults are getting colon cancer.
There are multiple colon cancer screening options. However, colonoscopies continue to be the best.

 

 

Colonoscopy facts

 

For more information on colon screenings, visit genesishcs.org/screenings.

 

 


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