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  "id": 2198082,
  "title": "Colorectal cancer screening could reduce mortality by over 40%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/colorectal-cancer-screening-could-reduce-mortality-by-over-40",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-20T18:20:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-colorectal-cancer-screening-mortality.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "People who take part in screening for colorectal cancer may have as much as a 43% lower risk of dying from the disease, according to new estimates published in JAMA Network Open by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Umeå University in Sweden. These findings are based on up to 14 years of follow-up data from the Stockholm–Gotland screening program.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}