Opinion: First Opinion essay on colorectal cancer screening: letter and response

To encourage robust, good-faith discussion about difficult issues, STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to First Opinion essays. Today’s edition is a bit different: a letter about an essay on blood tests for detecting hidden colorectal cancer and a response from the essay’s author. Submit a Letter to the Editor here, or find the submission form at the end of any First Opinion essay.

“Balancing hope and reality: The promise and peril of blood-based colorectal cancer screening,” by Folasade P. May

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