Colorectal cancer is rising in young people. A growing body of evidence suggests diet and lifestyle play a role in the uptick. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fight Colorecta hide caption
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This microscope image from the National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research shows human colon cancer cells with the nuclei stained red. Americans should start getting screened for colon cancer at age 45, according to new guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. AP hide caption
Declines in smoking contributed to a drop in lung cancer death rates that helped drive down overall cancer death rates in the U.S., according to the latest analysis of trends by the American Cancer Society. VIEW press/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Progress On Lung Cancer Drives Historic Drop In U.S. Cancer Death Rate
A serving of salmon contains about 600 IUs of vitamin D, researchers say, and a cup of fortified milk around 100. Cereals and juices are sometimes fortified, too. Check the labels, researchers say, and aim for 600 IUs daily, or 800 if you're older than 70. Dorling Kindersley/Getty Images/Dorling Kindersley hide caption
A genetic test could spare many women with a common form of breast cancer from receiving chemotherapy. SPL/Science Source hide caption
Immunofluorescent light micrograph of human colon cancer cells, highlighting the nucleus of each cell in pink. U.S. doctors have been seeing an increase in colorectal cancer cases — and deaths — among people under age 50. SPL/Science Source hide caption
Get Screened Earlier For Colorectal Cancer, Urges American Cancer Society
Patients with a history of polyps who need more subsequent tests may have to pick up some of those costs. PeopleImages/Getty Images hide caption
After a Cologuard screening test for colon cancer comes back positive, patients may have to pay for additional diagnostic tests. Exact Sciences hide caption
Tests you can take at home to check for colorectal cancer are now recommended on par with colonoscopy. Janis Christie/Getty Images hide caption
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The administration told insurers that they have to pay for anesthesia during screening colonoscopies for cancer. Don Ryan/AP hide caption
Before your doctor gets to this, make sure he'll bill the colonoscopy as a screening test rather than a diagnostic one. Sebastian Schroeder/iStockphoto.com hide caption
Dr. Karen Lindsfor, a radiologist at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center, reads a mammogram in Sacramento, Calif. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
Can A Colon Cancer Test Level The Playing Field For Alaska Natives?
Before the colonoscopy begins, it pays to ask your doctor some pointed questions. Sebastian Schroeder/iStockphoto.com hide caption