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Oct 14, 2022 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

This Week in Cardiology

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Getting Screened for Colorectal Cancer

The American Gastroenterology Association issued a press release on the talking points about this trial. There was no significant reduction in death due to colorectal cancer, and there were no differences in overall survival. The risk of getting colon cancer went from 1.22% to 0.84%. That's a 31% reduction in relative terms. But with 0.38% absolute risk reduction, the number needed to screen went from 455 in the intention of the screen, main analysis,. to now 263 in this analysis.

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