Why This Matters
More than 50 million American adults who are eligible for colorectal cancer screening have never completed it. The reasons are predictable: colonoscopy requires preparation, sedation, time off work, and a driver. Stool-based tests require collecting samples at home, which many people avoid. The persistently unscreened population represents a major preventable cancer burden, and colorectal cancer is already the second-leading cancer killer in the United States.
