{"id":3316,"date":"2016-06-25T03:08:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T07:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3316"},"modified":"2016-06-24T09:11:50","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T13:11:50","slug":"colon-cancer-screening-five-things-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3316","title":{"rendered":"Colon Cancer Screening: Five Things To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a predictable passage in life: Hit 50, get lots birthday cards with old-age jokes, a mailbox full of AARP solicitations \u2014 and a colonoscopy.<\/p>\n<p>But millions of Americans \u2014 about one-third of those in the recommended age range for colon cancer screening \u2014 haven\u2019t been tested. Some avoid it because they are squeamish about the procedure, or worried about the rare, but potentially serious, complications that can occur as a result of it.<\/p>\n<p>Now, an influential panel has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org\/Page\/Document\/RecommendationStatementFinal\/colorectal-cancer-screening2#tab\" target=\"_blank\">added some new choices<\/a>, aiming to get more Americans screened for colorectal cancer, which is the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Here are five things you need to know: <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/colon-cancer-screening-five-things-to-know\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=30971433&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--3pBz3uD1oj7ykNm0MJPS4WTtupsoO8KXIxn9mD549kcwa6sNfoIv6xQEm0lZj7MDYcdET0VxMVTpiY6Zj759PnrIq7Q&amp;_hsmi=30971433\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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