CHICAGO—A study of more than 20,000 average-risk adults has shed some light on the best way to offer colorectal cancer screening to 45- to 49-year- olds—an age group that is new to the screening guidelines.
A randomized study conducted at UCLA Health, in Los Angeles, evaluated four screening approaches and found that screening completion was highest among adults who were mailed an unsolicited fecal immunochemical test.
“A mailed FIT kit resulted in higher screening