Screening Colonoscopy Yields Among Adults Aged 45 to 49 Years After Lowering the Colon Cancer Screening Age
This study assesses colorectal neoplasia yields at screening colonoscopy in adults aged 45 to 49 years vs 50 to 54 years in a large US health system after the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) began recommending that average-risk adults begin colorectal cancer screening at age 45 years.
Authors
- Christopher D. Jensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8001-1284)
- Douglas A. Corley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-5165)
- Natalia Udaltsova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0679-4310)
- Jeffrey K. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7404-4274)
- Theodore R. Levin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0842-2377)
- Jeffrey Hendel
Institutions
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA
- Published
- 2025-06-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.7494
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.09