Colorectal cancer is a disease that starts in the lower portion of the digestive tract. Every year, almost 150,000 people in the United States get colorectal cancer and more than 50,000 people die from it. Regular screenings, beginning at age 50, are the key to preventing and detecting it early. Colorectal cancer screenings dropped by almost 90% at the start of the pandemic, putting over 18,000 people at risk for delayed and missed diagnoses.
Here's some of the latest research from Advocate Aurora Health on colorectal cancer:
Alese, O. B., Zhou, W., Jiang, R., Zakka, K., Huang, Z., Okoli, C., Shaib, W. L., Akce, M., Diab, M., Wu, C., & El-Rayes, B. F. (2021). Predictive and Prognostic Effects of Primary Tumor Size on Colorectal Cancer Survival. Frontiers in oncology, 11, 728076-728076. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.728076
Thompson, M. A., Ruggeri, A., Godden, J., & Weese, J. (1 July 2021). Abstract 2618: Staged analysis of standard of care tumor molecular testing among patients with metastatic colorectal cancer in the community health system setting. Cancer Research, 81, 2618. https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2021-2618
Vakil, N., Ciezki, K., & Singh, M. (2021, Sep). Colorectal cancer in 18- to 49-year-olds: rising rates, presentation, and outcome in a large integrated health system. Gastrointestinal endoscopy, 94(3), 618-626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2021.03.024
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