Colorectal Cancer Screening: Confusion Reigns

Colorectal cancer screening: confusion reigns.

In 2008, it is estimated that 148,810 new cases of colorectal cancer (CRC) will be diagnosed in the United States and that 49,960 people will die from the disease (1); lung cancer is the only cancer that kills more people each year in developed countries than CRC. According to almost universal consensus based largely on indirect evidence from a decade or more ago, effective implementation of sc...

Confusion Reigns

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Colorectal-cancer screening.

During the past decade we have seen dramatic advances in colon cancer screening. Reduction in mortality in average risk screening for colorectal cancer has now been shown in multiple trials. Efforts to increase public awareness and compliance with evidence-based screening guidelines are underway. Recent guidelines have incorporated family history, as it has been identified as a common risk fact...

Colorectal cancer screening.