TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidemiology and prevention of colorectal cancer
AU - Hawk, Ernest T.
AU - Limburg, Paul J.
AU - Viner, Jaye L.
PY - 2002/10/1
Y1 - 2002/10/1
N2 - CRC, the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States, is a highly preventable disease. Ironically, available and effective screening technologies are not consistently applied, even as new ones are developed. This discordance between preventive opportunity and practice conveys a sobering message regarding nontechnologic issues that must be addressed if the promise of CRC prevention is to be realized. Our response to this message will determine the public health impact of cancer prevention. In the 1980s, cancer chemoprevention was regarded as scientific speculation. Within the last decade, however, cancer has been recognized as a late, nonobligate stage of carcinogenesis, a chronic process that provides time and targets for preventive intervention. Further advances are emerging out of rigorous clinical testing, which remains the limiting factor in transforming ingenious concepts into useful tools for the prevention of CRC. The challenges and rewards of participation in chemoprevention research - both as patients and health care providers - have never been greater.
AB - CRC, the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States, is a highly preventable disease. Ironically, available and effective screening technologies are not consistently applied, even as new ones are developed. This discordance between preventive opportunity and practice conveys a sobering message regarding nontechnologic issues that must be addressed if the promise of CRC prevention is to be realized. Our response to this message will determine the public health impact of cancer prevention. In the 1980s, cancer chemoprevention was regarded as scientific speculation. Within the last decade, however, cancer has been recognized as a late, nonobligate stage of carcinogenesis, a chronic process that provides time and targets for preventive intervention. Further advances are emerging out of rigorous clinical testing, which remains the limiting factor in transforming ingenious concepts into useful tools for the prevention of CRC. The challenges and rewards of participation in chemoprevention research - both as patients and health care providers - have never been greater.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0039-6109(02)00046-4
DO - 10.1016/S0039-6109(02)00046-4
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12507200
AN - SCOPUS:0036817470
SN - 0039-6109
VL - 82
SP - 905
EP - 941
JO - Surgical Clinics of North America
JF - Surgical Clinics of North America
IS - 5
ER -