Many people in America are not interested in colon cancer screening according to a survey conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2005.

The report, in this regard, has published in the July issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. An epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta and the study's lead researcher, Dr. Jean Shapiro said screening is very helpful in cancer identification and cancer can also be treated before the development of cancer symptoms.

The report has established that education and lack of health insurance are the main causes of poor interest of people in Colon Cancer Screening. 24 percent of people without health insurance had colorectal cancer screening according to the survey. 37.4 percent people with household incomes of $20,000 or less had been screened. Other 19.5 percent of people who did not go to clinic in the past year had been screened.

Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of deaths in America after lung cancer. About half of U.S. men and women older than 50 are found interested for in Colon Cancer Screening. The study suggests that doctors also need to be educated about screening. More information on colorectal cancer screening can be seen at the CDC's Web site at www.cdc.gov/screenforlife.