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Age 45 or Older? Screen for colorectal cancer with TRICARE
May 2, 2024
Patient wearing mask sits on exam table and speaks with doctor, wearing mask and lab coat, who is holding a pamphlet about colon health.

Colorectal cancer screening age decreases to 45
November 25, 2022
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Candida Ferguson, a general surgeon at Naval Hospital Jacksonville, talks with a patient about colorectal cancer screening. The Defense Health Agency established new age recommendations for screenings. Regular screening with a stool test, sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy, beginning at age 45, is the key to preventing colorectal cancer and finding it early.