Fewer than one in five primary care physicians follow practice guidelines for all recommended colorectal cancer screening modalities, according to a study reported in Clinical Advisor.
K. Robin Yabroff, PhD, MBA, and fellow researchers examined survey data from 1,266 physicians nationwide and found that only 19.1 percent made guideline-consistent recommendations across the menu of CRC screening tests. Forty percent made at least some guideline-consistent recommendations, but 41 percent made screening recommendations for which none were guideline-consistent.
The majority of the surveyed practitioners recommend initial screening and screening intervals for individual tests in average-risk 50-year-old patients, in accordance with practice guidelines. But only one-fifth made guideline-consistent recommendations for both screening initiation and screening intervals for all recommended tests.
Read the Clinical Advisor report on the CRC screening study.
Read more on CRC:
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-Menopausal Hormone Therapy Can Significantly Increase Women's Risk of CRC
-Kentucky Demonstrates Successful Increase of CRC Screenings
K. Robin Yabroff, PhD, MBA, and fellow researchers examined survey data from 1,266 physicians nationwide and found that only 19.1 percent made guideline-consistent recommendations across the menu of CRC screening tests. Forty percent made at least some guideline-consistent recommendations, but 41 percent made screening recommendations for which none were guideline-consistent.
The majority of the surveyed practitioners recommend initial screening and screening intervals for individual tests in average-risk 50-year-old patients, in accordance with practice guidelines. But only one-fifth made guideline-consistent recommendations for both screening initiation and screening intervals for all recommended tests.
Read the Clinical Advisor report on the CRC screening study.
Read more on CRC:
-Cowden Syndrome Patients Should Be Screened for Colorectal Cancer in Their 30s
-Menopausal Hormone Therapy Can Significantly Increase Women's Risk of CRC
-Kentucky Demonstrates Successful Increase of CRC Screenings