The Average-Risk Age Threshold for Colorectal Cancer Screening: Should It Be Lowered?
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In 2007 in Canada, 20 800 people learned they had colorectal cancer—9400 women and 11 400 men. During the same year, 8700 died of this cancer—4000 women and 4700 men. In Canada over the past 25 years, the mean incidence of colorectal cancer has been stable and the mean mortality rate has shown a slight decrease. After lung cancer, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death by cancer...
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عنوان ژورنال: Digestive Diseases and Sciences
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0163-2116,1573-2568
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-011-1650-x