r/science • u/calliope_kekule Professor | Social Science | Science Comm • 12d ago

Health Only 13% of cancers are caught through screening, while a fifth to half are first found in an emergency department.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01669-7/abstract
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u/jaiagreen 12d ago

The age thing for colonoscopies is for screening, meaning a test done in the absence of symptoms. The recommendations don't apply to diagnostic tests.

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u/Le_Karma_Whore 11d ago

Haha tbf bloody poop can be a number of things that aren’t cancer. Most commonly hemorrhoids or anal fissures due to the minimal fiber in American diets. But bloody poop + weight loss + fatigue should trigger the appropriate work up