he latest recommendations on screening for colorectal cancer, released on Wednesday, include some new bits: You can have a virtual colonoscopy (no huge tube snaking its way up your insides), even 85-year-olds might benefit from being screened, and a novel test to detect DNA in fecal samples gets a thumbs-up.
But the guidelines, issued by a panel of experts who advise the US government on preventive care, still leave one very big elephant in the room — no type of colorectal cancer screening has been shown to reduce mortality overall.
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