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Screening in Risk Evaluation and Prevention of Colorectal Cancer

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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States (1). In 2002, 148,000 new cases and 57,000 deaths were estimated to occur from this disease. CRC incidence and mortality rates increase with age, markedly so after age 60. Overall CRC death rates decreased by 1.8% per year from 1992 to 1998 (2); however, the death rates for CRC remain higher for African-Americans than for other ethnic groups.

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  1. Division of Cancer Prevention, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

    Bernard Levin MD

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  1. Biomedical Imaging Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

    Gary J. Kelloff MD

  2. Gastrointestinal and Other Cancers Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

    Ernest T. Hawk MD, MPH

  3. CCS Associates, Mountain View, CA

    Caroline C. Sigman PhD

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Levin, B. (2005). Screening in Risk Evaluation and Prevention of Colorectal Cancer. In: Kelloff, G.J., Hawk, E.T., Sigman, C.C. (eds) Cancer Chemoprevention. Cancer Drug Discovery and Development. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-768-0_21

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