Key Takeaways

A single-center study supported recommendations to lower the colorectal cancer screening age from 50 to 45.

Screening colonoscopy outcomes were slightly less frequent in people ages 45-49 versus 50-54.

Only the risk of any adenoma was significantly lower in the younger age group.

A single-center study supported recent U.S. recommendations that lowered the colorectal cancer screening age to 45.

Screening colonoscopy outcomes were slightly less common in people ages 45-49 compared with those 50-54 years old, but only the risk for any adenoma was significantly lower in the younger group (35.4% vs 40.8%; adjusted risk ratio [aRR] 0.86, 95% CI 0.82-0.90), reported Jeffrey Lee, MD, MPH, of Kaiser Permanente Northern California in Pleasanton, and colleagues in JAMA .

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