High yield...colonoscopy! - pindi

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A 32-year-old man comes for an annual health maintenance visit. His mother was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at 55 years of age. The patient reports no rectal bleeding or other symptoms. Medical history is noncontributory except for hypercholesterolemia. Physical examination is normal.

When should this patient first undergo colorectal cancer screening?

A Now
B At age 40 years
C At age 45 years
D At age 50 years

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C.

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C) at age 45 yr (10 yr younger than the age at which it was diagnosed in the first degree relative)

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If a patient has risk factor, then screening should begin at age 40 yr {or} 10 yr younger than the first degree relative with colon cancer (whichever is earlier)

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