Screening for colorectal cancer

Youngjee Choi; Heather F Sateia; Kimberly S Peairs; Rosalyn W Stewart

doi:10.1053/j.seminoncol.2017.02.002

Screening for colorectal cancer

Semin Oncol. 2017 Feb;44(1):34-44. doi: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2017.02.002. Epub 2017 Feb 10.

Authors

Youngjee Choi¹, Heather F Sateia², Kimberly S Peairs³, Rosalyn W Stewart²

Affiliations

¹ Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: ychoi47@jhmi.edu.
² Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
³ Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD.

PMID: 28395761
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2017.02.002

Abstract

This review will comprise a general overview of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. We will cover the impact of CRC, CRC risk factors, screening modalities, and guideline recommendations for screening in average-risk and high-risk individuals. Based on this data, we will summarize our approach to CRC screening.

Keywords: Colon cancer; Colorectal cancer; Rectal cancer; Screening.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Colonoscopy
Colorectal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Colorectal Neoplasms / etiology
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Early Detection of Cancer / methods*
Feces / chemistry
Humans
Occult Blood
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk
Sigmoidoscopy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed