Becker's Healthcare May 6, 2024
Colonoscopy demand is continuing to grow as gastroenterologists and GI practices face ever-declining reimbursements.
Colon cancer diagnoses have been steadily growing for over a decade.There was a 15% increase in colon cancer diagnoses in people aged 18-50 from 2004 to 2023, according to hospital-based data from the National Cancer Database, and colon and rectal cancer rates are expected to grow 8% among men and 7% among women in 2024.
“Now, to see someone in their 20s and 30s [being diagnosed with cancer], it doesn’t wow us anymore,” Nancy You, MD, a professor of colon and rectal surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, told Becker’s. “Even when I was a fellow in 2008...
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