作者: Richard A. Hubner , Richard S. Houlston
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6603-2_8
关键词: Developed country 、 Breast cancer 、 Medicine 、 Disease 、 Colorectal cancer 、 Internal medicine 、 Advanced stage 、 Oncology 、 Cancer
摘要: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third commonest worldwide after lung and breast cancer, two-thirds of CRCs occur in developed countries [1, 2]. Despite recent advances treatment prognosis for CRC patients with advanced stage disease remains poor, there an urgent need strategies to identify individuals increased risk so that colonoscopic screening chemoprevention can be directed those who will obtain most benefit [1].