The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has issued updated guidelines for average-risk and high-risk colorectal cancer screening. READ MORE
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The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has issued updated guidelines for average-risk and high-risk colorectal cancer screening.
The United States Multi-Society Task Force of Colorectal Cancer has updated their recommendations for screening tests, ranking them into three “tiers,” published jointly in three gastroenterology journals.
