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Are Dialysis Patients Being Over-Screened for Colon Cancer?
March 23, 2017
WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The American Society of Nephrology issued the following news release:

A new analysis reveals a relatively high rate of colon cancer screening among US patients on dialysis, even though they rarely stand to benefit from such screening. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).

Because of the high rates of death among patients receiving dialysis, routine colon cancer screening with col . . .

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