CDC: 50% of CRC Cases Are Detected in Late Stages

Almost 50 percent of colorectal and cervical cancer cases and 30 percent of breast cancer cases in the country are diagnosed at a late stage of the disease when treatment is more difficult, according to a news release by the Centers of Disease and Control and Prevention.

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Researchers noted that the late-stage cancer diagnoses may be attributed to differences in screening rates in locations and among different demographic groups. For example, incidence rates of late-stage colorectal cancer increased with age and were highest among black men and women. Late-stage colon and rectum incidence rates were highest in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Read the CDC news release about late-stage colorectal cancer.

Read other coverage about colorectal cancer:

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