Colon and rectum cancer share many risk factors, and are often tabulated together as "colorectal cancer" in published summaries. However, recent work indicating that exercise, diet, and family history may have differential impacts on the two cancers encourages analyzing them separately, so that corresponding public health interventions can be more efficiently targeted. We analyze colon and rect...

The College of American Pathologists offerd protocol to assist pathologists in providing clinically useful and relevant information when reporting results of colon cancer surgical specimen examination. These recommendations are accepted by Croatian Society of Pathology and forensic medicine, were published and recommended for evary-day pathologists work. These protocols are an educational tool ...

Family histories were obtained from 50 patients with adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum in north-east Scotland. A comparable control group was similarly interviewed and in each group the case notes of the flrst degree relatives were studied where possible. Eight (16%) of the patients with cancer ofthe colon or rectum had a close relative with intestinal cancer compared with one (2%) of the c...

Colon and rectum cancer share many risk factors, and are often tabulated together as “colorectal cancer” in published summaries. However, recent work indicating that exercise, diet, and family history may have differential impacts on the two cancers encourages analyzing them separately, so that corresponding public health interventions can be more efficiently targeted. We analyze colon and rect...