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Screening for Colorectal Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Overview of attention for article published in JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, June 2016
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Title
Screening for Colorectal Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
Published in
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, June 2016
DOI 10.1001/jama.2016.5989
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Authors

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, David C. Grossman, Susan J. Curry, Karina W. Davidson, John W. Epling, Francisco A. R. García, Matthew W. Gillman, Diane M. Harper, Alex R. Kemper, Alex H. Krist, Ann E. Kurth, C. Seth Landefeld, Carol M. Mangione, Douglas K. Owens, William R. Phillips, Maureen G. Phipps, Michael P. Pignone, Albert L. Siu

Abstract

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. In 2016, an estimated 134 000 persons will be diagnosed with the disease, and about 49 000 will die from it. Colorectal cancer is most frequently diagnosed among adults aged 65 to 74 years; the median age at death from colorectal cancer is 68 years. To update the 2008 US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation on screening for colorectal cancer. The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on the effectiveness of screening with colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, computed tomography colonography, the guaiac-based fecal occult blood test, the fecal immunochemical test, the multitargeted stool DNA test, and the methylated SEPT9 DNA test in reducing the incidence of and mortality from colorectal cancer or all-cause mortality; the harms of these screening tests; and the test performance characteristics of these tests for detecting adenomatous polyps, advanced adenomas based on size, or both, as well as colorectal cancer. The USPSTF also commissioned a comparative modeling study to provide information on optimal starting and stopping ages and screening intervals across the different available screening methods. The USPSTF concludes with high certainty that screening for colorectal cancer in average-risk, asymptomatic adults aged 50 to 75 years is of substantial net benefit. Multiple screening strategies are available to choose from, with different levels of evidence to support their effectiveness, as well as unique advantages and limitations, although there are no empirical data to demonstrate that any of the reviewed strategies provide a greater net benefit. Screening for colorectal cancer is a substantially underused preventive health strategy in the United States. The USPSTF recommends screening for colorectal cancer starting at age 50 years and continuing until age 75 years (A recommendation). The decision to screen for colorectal cancer in adults aged 76 to 85 years should be an individual one, taking into account the patient's overall health and prior screening history (C recommendation).

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 <1%
Hong Kong 1 <1%
Kenya 1 <1%
Unknown 672 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 86 13%
Student > Bachelor 73 11%
Student > Master 72 11%
Other 55 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 44 7%
Other 117 17%
Unknown 229 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 244 36%
Nursing and Health Professions 44 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 38 6%
Engineering 16 2%
Social Sciences 14 2%
Other 63 9%
Unknown 257 38%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1921. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 December 2023.
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#4,955
of 25,410,626 outputs
Outputs from JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
#156
of 36,453 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#42
of 369,223 outputs
Outputs of similar age from JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
#4
of 421 outputs
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