Higher-risk People Are Shunning Colon Cancer Screens

It is difficult to make colon cancer screening effective, according to a follow-up study conducted by the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet of a screening programme from 1999. Many of the people who would probably have benefited most from the survey opted not to take part. An acknowledged problem in public health surveys is that those who take part are generally more health conscious and healthier than those who do not.

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Filed under: Colorectal Cancer on June 1st, 2008