UPMC is reminding people about the current screening age recommendations for colorectal cancer since it changed in recent years.

"Screening colonoscopy should be started at age 45 in individuals with average risk of colon cancer and earlier for individuals with a family history of colon cancer," said Dr. Hassan Tariq, a gastroenterologist at UPMC. "Previously the age was 50 but it was decreased given the increase in incidents of colon cancer in people age 50 and below."

Tariq says there are three ways to be screened for colon cancer, including a stool sample, a blood test and a colonoscopy. He says the colonoscopy is the gold standar since doctors can look for polyps that could lead to cancer and remove them. If nothing is found, you could be asked to repeat the test in 10 years. If some

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