U.Va. medical professor leads group recommending younger ages for colon cancer screenings
(07/03/18 3:36pm)
An unanticipated and unexplained rise in colon and rectal cancer rates in younger Americans has led the American Cancer Society to change its guidelines. A working group in the ACS’s Guideline Development Group, led by University Assoc. Medicine Prof. Andrew Wolf, now recommends adults begin colorectal cancer screening at age 45 instead of 50.