Katie Couric and the NBC Today Show are at it again, with a weeklong series entitled "Confronting Colon Cancer," and a subtheme of "The Fight For More Screening."
I heard today's segment and do not yet have access to a transcript. But what I heard was a confusing jumble of recommendations - some of which included references to recommendations for screening everyone - and how cost-effective that could be. The CDC's Julie Gerberding talked about "evidence-based" recommendations on the same segment.
The fact is that there is NO evidence-based recommendation for screening the entire population before age 50. Evidence-based guidelines state that high risk individuals may derive benefit from screening before age 50, but there is no such recommendation for the general public.
Posted by schwitz at March 16, 2006 09:43 AM | TrackBack