NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men, unmarried adults and those with low incomes are less likely to accept an offer of free colon cancer screening, a new study suggests.
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men, unmarried adults and those with low incomes are less likely to accept an offer of free colon cancer screening, a new study suggests.
Swedish researchers found that when they offered free sigmoidoscopy screening to nearly 2,000 adults ages 59 to 61, men were 27 percent more likely than women to decline. Meanwhile, those who were single or divorced were 69 percent and 49 percent, respectively, more likely to decline screening compared with married people.
A similar discrepancy emerged when the researchers looked at study participants by income. The on
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