About one in four primary care clinicians surveyed preferred a stool-based test to a colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening, according to findings published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
“Clinician recommendation is the most consistently identified factor associated with colorectal cancer screening,” Lila J. Finney Rutten, PhD, a health services researcher at Mayo Clinic, told Healio Primary Care. “We know from previously published research that patients are more likely to comply with recommendations that align with their preferences. Thus, it is critical for clinicians to inform patients of their options for colorectal cancer screening and to engage patients in shared decision-making about which test is best for them.”