Open AccessPatients Undergoing Colorectal Cancer Screening Underestimate Their Cancer Risk and Delay Presentation for Screening
Author(s) -
Haili Wang,
Nicholas Gies,
Clarence Wong,
Daniel Sadowski,
Barbara Moysey,
Richard N. Fedorak
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-7237
pISSN - 0835-7900
DOI - 10.1155/2012/937184
Subject(s) - family history , medicine , colorectal cancer , cancer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in Canada. Screening guidelines recommend that first-time screening should occur at 50 years of age for average-risk individuals and at 40 years of age for those with a family history of CRC.
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