The case for population-based screening for colorectal cancer

Nat Rev Cancer. 2002 Jan;2(1):65-70. doi: 10.1038/nrc705.

Abstract

Screening for colorectal cancer is commanding increasing attention. Other cancer screening programmes have been a part of public consciousness for some time, but, until recently, colorectal cancer screening has remained in the background. Fuelled by new research, market opportunities and increased recognition of individual risk, screening for colorectal cancer is becoming a recommended procedure, but controversy about how best to implement widespread screening remains.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenoma / diagnosis
  • Adenoma / epidemiology
  • Adenoma / surgery
  • Adenomatous Polyps / diagnosis
  • Adenomatous Polyps / epidemiology
  • Adenomatous Polyps / surgery
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Barium Compounds
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Colonic Polyps / diagnosis
  • Colonic Polyps / epidemiology
  • Colonic Polyps / surgery
  • Colonography, Computed Tomographic / economics
  • Colonoscopy / economics
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / prevention & control*
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Disease Progression
  • Feces / chemistry
  • Genes, ras
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Polyps / diagnosis
  • Intestinal Polyps / epidemiology
  • Intestinal Polyps / surgery
  • Mass Screening* / economics
  • Mass Screening* / methods
  • Middle Aged
  • Occult Blood
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care
  • Patient Compliance
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Program Evaluation
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Risk
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sigmoidoscopy

Substances

  • Barium Compounds
  • Biomarkers, Tumor