Start checking average-risk, asymptomatic adults at 50

Regarding the guidance that recommend against using stool DNA, computed tomography colonography, capsule endoscopy, urine, or serum screening tests for CRC, Dr. Anton Bilchik, MD, PhD, Surgical Oncologist, Chief of Medicine, and Director of the Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Program at Saint John’s Cancer Institute in Santa Monica, CA, says that “These tests are expensive and can lead to unnecessary colonoscopies because they have a higher rate of false positive results.”

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