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Screening for colorectal cancer
1Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0362, USA.
Primary Care
|June 18, 1998
Abstract:
Randomized, controlled trials have shown with certainty that screening for colorectal cancer reduces morbidity and is cost-effective. Factors that increase the risk of colorectal cancer include a personal or family history of adenomatous polyps or colorectal cancer, certain genetic syndromes and chronic inflammatory bowel disease.