Silver Book Fact
If the use of recommended colorectal screening increased to 70.5 percent, 1,000 additional lives could be saved each year.
Vital Signs: Colorectal cancer screening, incidence, and mortality – United States, 2002-2010. MMWR Web site. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6026a4.htm. Published 2011