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[TOPIC] Colorectal Cancer [REC] A [NOTES] 
Strongly recommends that clinicians screen men and women 50 years of age or older for colorectal cancer. Fair to good evidence that several screening methods are effective in reducing mortality from colorectal cancer. Benefits from screening substantially outweigh potential harms, but the quality of evidence, magnitude of benefit, and potential harms vary with each method (FOB testing, flex sig, colonoscopy). Initiate screening at 50 years of age for men and women at average risk for colorectal cancer. In persons at higher risk (for example, those with a first-degree relative who receives a diagnosis with colorectal cancer before 60 years of age), initiating screening at an earlier age is reasonable.
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