Age at Initiation of Lower Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Colorectal Cancer Risk Among US Women.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In the past 4 years, the American Cancer Society and the US Preventive Services Task Force updated recommendations to initiate colorectal cancer (CRC) screening at 45 years of age to address the increasing incidence of CRC among adults younger than 50 years. However, empirical evidence evaluating the potential benefits of screening in younger populations is scant.

Objective

To examine the association between endoscopy initiation at different ages and risk of CRC among US women.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective cohort study used data from the Nurses' Health Study II, which included US female health professionals followed up from 1991 through 2017. Data analysis was performed from August 2020 to June 2021.

Exposure

Age at initiation o

SUBMITTER: Ma W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9073662 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature