New research published in Gastroenterology examined advanced adenomas in black and white populations.
The researchers analyzed nine studies examining prevalence values for advanced adenomas or advanced precancerous colorectal neoplasms covering 302,128 average risk black and white individuals to perform a meta-analysis to determine difference in risk.
The overall prevalence of advanced adenomas or advanced precancerous colorectal neoplasms did not differ greatly between black (6.5 percent) and white (6.20 percent) individuals.
"In this meta-analysis, we found the overall prevalence of AA and ACN did not differ significantly between average-risk black and white persons, indicating that the age at which to begin colorectal cancer screening need not differ based on race," the researchers concluded.
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