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Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in worldwide, with approximately 3000 Finns diagnosed every year. Although hereditary predisposition is one of the most important risk factors for colorectal cancer, risk assessment for the disease

Hereditary risk of colorectal cancer should be assessed in a more comprehensive way, shows a study led by researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Glasgow, June 12: Despite the broad acceptance of screening initiatives in several high-income European nations, colorectal cancer rates remain high. Most people are screened starting at the same age in these initiatives, which tend to utilise a one-size-fits-all approach without taking individual circumstances into account.

Researchers report that a new test that utilizes genetic risk factors may improve colorectal cancer screening and reduce the frequency of colonoscopies

Rates of colorectal cancer are high despite widespread adoption of screening programs in many high-income European countries.

Colorectal screening programmes tend to use a one-size-fits-all approach where most people are screened starting from the same age, and no individual factors are considered in organised population screening. Now, based on one of the largest genomics studies on the topic to date, researchers have outlined how common genetic factors could be used to identify individuals at high risk of developing the disease and hence improve current colorectal screening strategies. They researchers found that, b...

Rates of colorectal cancer are high despite widespread adoption of screening programmes in many high-income European countries. Such programmes tend to use a one-size-fits-all approach where most...