Colon Cancer Screening

People with risk factors for colon cancer may require more frequent screening or screening that begins at an earlier age.

Please choose your risk factor for colon cancer:

I have had colon cancer or colon polyps in the past.

One or more family members have had colon cancer or polyps.

I have been diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease.

I may have a family cancer syndrome.

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Online Medical Reviewer: Faculty of Harvard Medical School Date Last Reviewed: 7/12/2006 Date Last Modified: 6/27/2006 Source: from Harvard Health Decision Guides, Harvard Health Publications, Copyright © 2007 by President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. Used with permission of StayWell.

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