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Featured Article Colorectal Cancer Prevention A number of medical procedures and lifestyle changes have been shown to reduce the likelihood of developing CRC. Screening for Polyps Screening for the presence of pre-cancerous polyps in the colon is by far the best way to reduce your chances. Consult your physician who can advise you about the various types of routine screening tests available. Current thinking recommends that people at average risk should start screening at age fifty. Those at increased risk should start screening as early as age forty. Smoking Cessation A recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has identified a link between smoking for a period of twenty years or more and death from CRC. Although a well-established link already exists between smoking and the development of eight other types of cancer, only recently has a link been confirmed between long-term smoking and CRC mortality. continued			Blogs
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