Key to Better Outlook in Colorectal Cancer: Earlier Detection

摘要

Mortality from colorectal cancer has not improved much in the past three decades, and one usual response to such gloomy news is to suggest that the answer lies in earlier detection. There has been much interest lately in the promise of research into the genetics of this tumor, and screening by regular (e.g., every six months) colonoscopy is now offered to individuals in families with a hereditary predisposition. The impact on the general population will be small, however—so what about the rest of us?