LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — The new year has brought new guidelines for colon cancer screenings in Kentucky.
Starting Jan. 1, Kentucky law changed to adjust age recommendations for high-risk patients. Those who meet certain criteria will reportedly qualify to be screened under age 45, according to the Legislative Research Commission.
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Dr. Sandy Kavalukas, an oncologist with University of Louisville Health, said that a new change allows patients with a family history of large polyps to be considered to be an “equivalent to cancer.”
“So if you have any first-degree, like, mom and dad, brother, sisters that had an adenoma or a large polyp that now can count as a cancer, and so they’ve moved the screening guidelines down to 40 patients like that,” Dr. Kavalukas said.
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