Cancer
Making smart screening decisions: Colon cancer screening
Learn which colorectal cancer tests you need, and how often you need them.
Harvard Women's Health Watch presents the first in our series of guides to help you make smarter choices about screening tests. This article will focus on colorectal cancer screening, with advice from Dr. Robert Mayer, the Stephen B. Kay Family professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
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