Benefits of Colorectal Cancer Screening Measured

Researchers report that biennial colorectal cancer screening in a region of France increased the rate of diagnosis of high risk pre-cancerous adenomas by 89%. Dr Vanessa Cottet from INSERM Unite 866 in Dijon, France, and colleagues studied the region of Cote-d'Or, where a registry has been collecting data on adenomas since 1976. They wanted to evaluate the rate of diagnosis of adenomas before and after the initiation of a screening program using fecal occult ...