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A survey of 3,357 men and women published in 2010 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that the top three reasons for not getting screened for colorectal cancer were the failure of a health-care professional to suggest testing, a lack of awareness by patients about whether they should be screened and a belief that testing is too costly. (Under the 2010 health-care overhaul law, Medicare and new private insurance plans are required to cover most types of colorectal cancer screening with no co-payments or deductibles.)

In 2011, an estimated 141,000 Americans received a diagnosis of colorectal cancer, and the disease caused 49,000 deaths. Although better screening and treatment have resulted in a drop of almost 3 percent in mortality rates each year since the late 1990s, nearly half of the cases are diagnosed at a late stage, when treatment is less likely to be lifesaving.

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