Open AccessHow to improve colon cancer screening rates
Author(s) -
Luiz Ronaldo Alberti,
Diego Paim Carvalho Garcia,
Débora Lucciola Coelho,
David Corrêa Alves de Lima,
Andy Petroianu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1948-5204
DOI - 10.4251/wjgo.v7.i12.484
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , cancer , colorectal cancer screening , screening test , oncology , metastasis , cancer screening , population , intensive care medicine , colonoscopy , family medicine , environmental health
Colorectal carcinoma is a common cause of death throughout the world and may be prevented by routine control, which can detect precancerous neoplasms and early cancers before they undergo malignant transformation or metastasis. Three strategies may improve colon cancer screening rates: convince the population about the importance of undergoing a screening test; achieve higher efficacy in standard screening tests and make them more available to the community and develop new more sensitive and efficacious screening methods and make them available as routine tests. In this light, the present study seeks to review these three means through which to increase colon cancer screening rates.