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Colorectal cancer, screening and primary care: A mini literature review
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common health problem, representing the third most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide and causing a significant burden in terms of morbidity and mortality, with annual deaths estimated at 700000. The western way of life, that is being rapidly adopted in many regions of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5597496/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28970720 http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i33.6049 |
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author | Hadjipetrou, Athanasios Anyfantakis, Dimitrios Galanakis, Christos G Kastanakis, Miltiades Kastanakis, Serafim |
author_facet | Hadjipetrou, Athanasios Anyfantakis, Dimitrios Galanakis, Christos G Kastanakis, Miltiades Kastanakis, Serafim |
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description | Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common health problem, representing the third most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide and causing a significant burden in terms of morbidity and mortality, with annual deaths estimated at 700000. The western way of life, that is being rapidly adopted in many regions of the world, is a well discussed risk factor for CRC and could be targeted in terms of primary prevention. Furthermore, the relatively slow development of this cancer permits drastic reduction of incidence and mortality through secondary prevention. These facts underlie primary care physicians (PCPs) being assigned a key role in health strategies that enhance prevention and prompt diagnosis. Herein, we review the main topics of CRC in the current literature, in order to better understand its pathogenesis, risk and protective factors, as well as screening techniques. Furthermore, we discuss preventive and screening policies to combat CRC and the crucial role served by PCPs in their successful implementation. Relevant articles were identified through electronic searches of MEDLINE and through manual searches of reference lists. |
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spelling | pubmed-55974962017-10-02 Colorectal cancer, screening and primary care: A mini literature review Hadjipetrou, Athanasios Anyfantakis, Dimitrios Galanakis, Christos G Kastanakis, Miltiades Kastanakis, Serafim World J Gastroenterol Minireviews Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common health problem, representing the third most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide and causing a significant burden in terms of morbidity and mortality, with annual deaths estimated at 700000. The western way of life, that is being rapidly adopted in many regions of the world, is a well discussed risk factor for CRC and could be targeted in terms of primary prevention. Furthermore, the relatively slow development of this cancer permits drastic reduction of incidence and mortality through secondary prevention. These facts underlie primary care physicians (PCPs) being assigned a key role in health strategies that enhance prevention and prompt diagnosis. Herein, we review the main topics of CRC in the current literature, in order to better understand its pathogenesis, risk and protective factors, as well as screening techniques. Furthermore, we discuss preventive and screening policies to combat CRC and the crucial role served by PCPs in their successful implementation. Relevant articles were identified through electronic searches of MEDLINE and through manual searches of reference lists. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2017-09-07 2017-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5597496/ /pubmed/28970720 http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i33.6049 Text en ©The Author(s) 2017. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. |
spellingShingle | Minireviews Hadjipetrou, Athanasios Anyfantakis, Dimitrios Galanakis, Christos G Kastanakis, Miltiades Kastanakis, Serafim Colorectal cancer, screening and primary care: A mini literature review |
title | Colorectal cancer, screening and primary care: A mini literature review |
title_full | Colorectal cancer, screening and primary care: A mini literature review |
title_fullStr | Colorectal cancer, screening and primary care: A mini literature review |
title_full_unstemmed | Colorectal cancer, screening and primary care: A mini literature review |
title_short | Colorectal cancer, screening and primary care: A mini literature review |
title_sort | colorectal cancer, screening and primary care: a mini literature review |
topic | Minireviews |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5597496/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28970720 http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i33.6049 |
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