Screening for Colorectal Cancer: A Guidance Statement From the

cancer-related deaths for men and women in the United States. The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guidance statement for clinicians by assessing the current guidelines devel-oped by other organizations on screening for colorectal cancer. When multiple guidelines are available on a topic or when existing guidelines conflict, ACP believes that it is more valuable to provide clinicians with a rigorous review of the available guidelines rather than develop a new guideline on the same topic. Methods: The authors searched the National Guideline Clearing-house to identify guidelines developed in the United States. Fou