Should Routine Screening for Coronary Artery Disease be Recommended? A Comparison with Routine Screening for Colon Cancer
Both colon cancer and atherosclerotic heart disease meet the criteria for disease screening, i.e., a prolonged incubation period, an identifiable pre-disease lesion, and a positive clinical response to treatment when the lesion is detected early. The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that 50,000 people in the United States die each year of colon cancer – a preventable disease. Prevention consists of periodic screening for precancerous polyps with either a colonoscopy and / or a high-sensitivity stool-based test.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: David S. Schade, Sanjeev Arora, R. Philip Eaton Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
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