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- Website: Canadian Cancer Society
- Resource type: Article
Summary - The message of this resource is:
The Canadian Cancer Society recommends men and women over age 50 have a stool test at least every 2 years to test for colorectal cancer. You are at a higher risk if you have had this cancer before, have inflammatory bowel disease or if you have a family history.
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Keywords
adenomas, fecal, colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, barium enema, familial adenomatous polyposis, FAP, Lynch syndrome, HNPCC
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Step 2 - Transparency
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Step 3 - Usability
Is the information easy to understand and easy to use?
Rated on: 11/19/2017 6:32:11 PM
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