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Colorectal Cancer Screening Increased in Older Americans
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Title Colorectal Cancer Screening Increased in Older Americans
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/581209?src=rss
Description Among older Americans, there was a substantial increase in the number of colorectal cancer screening tests conducted between 2000 and 2005, according to findings from national population-based surveys published in the August issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Gastroenterology
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Date Oct 1, 2008
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