HCP Live April 19, 2024
Wilt discusses ACP guidelines regarding what age to begin colorectal cancer screening and the benefits versus harms of screening at 45 compared to 50 years of age.
In 2021, the US Preventive Services Task Force updated its colorectal cancer screening recommendation to lower the screening age from 50 to 45. However, the American College of Physicians (ACP) still suggests starting screening at age 50, citing uncertainty around the benefits and harms of screening in asymptomatic average-risk adults between the ages of 45 – 49.1,2
In an interview with HCPLive at the 2024 American College of Physicians (ACP) Internal Medicine Meeting in Boston, Timothy Wilt, MD, MPH, professor of medicine and public health in the division of general internal medicine at...
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