Colorectal Cancer
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Statins may lower risk of colorectal cancer
Patients with IBD who used statins had a 60% lower risk of CRC.
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Delayed cancer screening could cause increase in deaths, study says
Based on a survival rate of 5 years for stage 3 or stage 4 colorectal cancer, the death rate would increase nearly 12% when screening is delayed...
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CRC risk: Raised by meat/alcohol, lowered by aspirin/NSAIDs
A new meta-analysis adds a number of factors that are associated with a decreased risk for the disease, including taking magnesium and folate...
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AGA Clinical Practice Update: Young adult–onset colorectal cancer diagnosis and management
In addition to receiving cancer staging or being referred to an oncologist, newly diagnosed patients should be counseled about both germline...
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New road map for CRC screening: Use more stool tests, says AGA
The proposed changes call for better risk assessment and more use of noninvasive testing.