Screening high‐risk populations for colon and rectal cancers. Issue 5 (31st July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Healy, Mark A.; Thirumurthi, Selvi; You, Y. Nancy
• Other Names: Patel Sameer guestEditor.; Ahmad Syed guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of surgical oncology. Volume 120:Issue 5(2019)
• Page Start: 858
• Page End: 863
• Publication Date: 2019-07-31
• Subjects: adenomatous polyposis coli -- APC -- colonic neoplasms -- early detection -- genes -- hereditary nonpolyposis -- rectal neoplasms -- screening; Cancer -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Neoplasms -- Periodicals; 616
• DOI: 10.1002/jso.25648
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-4790

Abstract

Abstract: Currently, colorectal cancers accounted for the second‐highest number of cancer deaths in the US. Hereditary syndromes, strong family history, and inflammatory bowel disease are all conditions that confer predisposition risks. In hereditary syndromes, screening must be more frequent and start earlier. With familial risk, screening should depend on the age of cancer onset and number of affected relatives. For inflammatory bowel disease, surveillance should depend on duration, severity, and extent of colitis.