Colon cancer testing rates leveling off, CDC finds [View all]
Source: UPI
More than one in three adults who should be getting colorectal cancer screenings don't, a number that appears to be growing.
A report published Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said just 65.1 percent of adults 50 to 75 get the recommended screenings. While screening rates increased from 54 percent to 65 percent between 2002 and 2010, the numbers from last year appear to show a leveling off.
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The CDC said doctors may be to blame for more people not getting tested. Two in three adults who have never been screened have a regular doctor and health insurance. Frieden did say he hopes the Affordable Care Act's provisions for preventative care will encourage more people to get tested.
"Through ACA, more Americans will have access to preventative colon cancer screening at no cost to patients," he said.
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