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At 22 i had a colonoscopy, 1 small adenoma was found, repeat exams at 1 and 4 years both clean. no family history of crc, am i being screened to often?
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Not so far.: Since you clean at 4 years repeat exam you do not to be screened again too often .
Answered 5/2/2019
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