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JAMA. 1975;234(2):137-145.

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Regular screening would reduce cancer of colon and rectum toll

Greater emphasis than ever before is being placed on regular screening for cancer of the colon and rectum.

The American Cancer Society (ACS) now has a National Task Force on Colon and Rectal Cancer. The society says this problem will be diagnosed in 99,000 people in the United States during 1975.

That, says ACS, is "more victims than any other type except superficial skin cancer." Its projections indicate 49,200 Americans will die from cancer of the colon and rectum this year.

At the same time, ACS' task force contends that nearly three of every four of these patients might be saved by early diagnosis and prompt treatment.

At the society's recent National Public Education Conference in Chicago, task force chairman LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr, MD, suggested at least one approach to screening/diagnosis: The wood-resin guaiac test for occult blood . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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