Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that screening for colorectal cancer has reduced the number of deaths from it.

Colorectal cancer is nation’s second biggest cause of cancer. Because of increased screening, the prevalence rate of disease fell down from 52 percent in 2003 to 45 percent in 2007. And the numbers of deaths have reduced by 32000 death cases, found the agency.

“That’s a remarkable increase in screening … but we are concerned that it is beginning to level off,” said Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the CDC director.

In 2007, around 142,000 people were having colorectal cancer and around 53000 died from it.

Frieden has requested nurses and physicians to boost their efforts to involve patients into screening program. Many patients oppose screening because it involves flushing out the fecal matter of intestines, it can be unpleasant. “But the prep is a whole lot less unpleasant than getting cancer,” Frieden said.