Making sense of colorectal cancer screening choices

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cause of cancer death among men and women in the U.S. But there is shockingly large regional variation in mortality, in part because of sharp differences...

Making better decisions to prevent colon cancer

Colorectal cancer mortality rates (per 100,000) are as much as six times higher in red counties than in those colored dark blue. (Source: NCI SEER data 2007-2011) To prevent deaths from colon...