Are new colorectal cancer screening options a match for ‘the gold standard’?
New testing options for colorectal cancer will likely expand access to screening, but they are not as reliable as a colonoscopy, according to experts.Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer death and the third most common cause of cancer in the United States, Robert Smith, PhD, senior vice president of early cancer detection science at the American Cancer Society (ACS),