Mass Colorectal Cancer Screening

colorectal cancer – screening in iran

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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.

Colorectal cancer screening.

Colorectal cancer is a major public health burden worldwide. There is clear-cut evidence that screening will reduce colorectal cancer mortality and the only contentious issue is which screening tool to use. Most evidence points towards screening with fecal occult blood testing. The immunochemical fecal occult blood tests have a higher sensitivity than the guaiac-based tests. In addition, their ...

Screening for colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer is an ideal disease to be screened. It is the second most common cancer after lung and is the most common fatal malignancy in non-smokers. Colorectal cancer arises from a benign process, an adenoma or a polyp. A polyp is probably present for 10-20 years before it becomes malignant. Not all polyps become cancerous and it is not possible to predict with certainty which ones carr...