Risk factors for colorectal cancer in a fecal immunochemical test-positive group: The National Health Insurance Service-National Health Screening Cohort

Article Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Non-compliance with colonoscopy after a positive faecal immunochemical test doubles the risk of dying from colorectal cancer

Manuel Zorzi et al.

Summary: A study conducted in the Veneto region of Italy found that the risk of colorectal cancer mortality is significantly higher among individuals who do not undergo colonoscopy after a positive FIT result, highlighting the importance of increasing compliance in this high-risk population.

GUT (2022)

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Article Oncology

Global cancer statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries

Hyuna Sung et al.

Summary: The global cancer burden in 2020 saw an estimated 19.3 million new cancer cases and almost 10.0 million cancer deaths. Female breast cancer surpassed lung cancer as the most commonly diagnosed cancer, while lung cancer remained the leading cause of cancer death. These trends are expected to rise in 2040, with transitioning countries experiencing a larger increase compared to transitioned countries due to demographic changes and risk factors associated with globalization and a growing economy. Efforts to improve cancer prevention measures and provision of cancer care in transitioning countries will be crucial for global cancer control.

CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS (2021)

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Article Medicine, General & Internal

Risk of colorectal cancer in patients with positive results of fecal immunochemical test performed within 5 years since the last colonoscopy

Yoon Suk Jung et al.

Summary: The risk of CRC is very low in patients with positive FIT results who had a colonoscopy within the past 5 years, regardless of whether a polypectomy was performed, indicating that interval FITs are not useful.

KOREAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (2021)

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Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health