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. 2023 Mar 14;329(10):839-840.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.0547.

Stool-Based Screening Tests for Colorectal Cancer

John M Carethers  1
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Stool-Based Screening Tests for Colorectal Cancer

John M Carethers. JAMA. .
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A 56-year-old man with no significant medical history has declined screening colonoscopy at previous physician visits but wants to undergo a less invasive test because his father died of colorectal cancer at age 80. What would you do next?

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Dr. Carethers reports grants from the National Cancer Institute and funds from the University of Michigan during the conduct of the study. Dr. Carethers reports personal fees from Avantor, Inc., provided consultancy to Geneoscopy, Inc., and being a Board member for the American Gastroenterology Association and on the Advisory Board for the National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases outside of the submitted work.

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