CRC screening before Medicare age could save millions in federal health-care dollars

Monday, October 6, 2008 - 14:49 in Health & Medicine

A screening program for colon cancer in patients starting ten years prior to Medicare eligibility, at age 55 instead of Medicare's 65, would save at least two dollars for every dollar spent, according to a new study presented at the American College of Gastroenterology's 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting in Orlando.

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