
Why start
screening
at age 45?
Medical guidelines recommend screening for colon cancer starting at age 45, instead of waiting until 501
Additional reasons to screen early
How Cologuard® can help
* Cologuard sensitivity, per stage of cancer: I: 90% (n=29); II: 100% (n=21); III: 90% (n=10); IV: 75% (n=4)6
† Cologuard performance in adults ages 45-49 is estimated based on a large clinical study of patients 50 and older. False positives and false negatives may occur. In this clinical study, 13% of people without cancer received a positive result (false positive) and 8% of people with cancer received a negative result (false negative)5,6
References
1. American Cancer Society. When should you start getting screened for colorectal cancer? Published February 4, 2021. Accessed February 11, 2021. https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/american-cancer-society-updates-colorectal-cancer-screening-guideline.html 2. Wolf AMD, Fontham ETH, Church TR, et al. Colorectal cancer screening for average-risk adults: 2018 guideline update from the American Cancer Society. CA Cancer J Clin. 2018;68(4):250-281. 3. Abdelsattar ZM, Wong SL, Regenbogen SE, Jomaa DM, Hardiman KM, Hendren S. Cancer. 2016;122(6):929-34. 4. National Cancer Institute. SEER cancer stat facts: colorectal cancer. Accessed February 11, 2021. https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/colorect.html 5. Ahlquist DA. Multi-target stool DNA test: a new high bar for noninvasive screening. Dig Dis Sci. 2015;60(3):623-633. 6. Imperiale TF, Ransohoff DF, Itzkowitz SH, et al. Multitarget stool DNA testing for colorectal-cancer screening. N Engl J Med. 2014;370(14):1287-1297.