Increased survival and decreased recurrence in colorectal cancer patients diagnosed in a screening programme

Highlights • The Patients with colorectal cancer detected by screening show a higher survival rate than symptomatic patients. • The Patients with colorectal cancer detected by screening show a higher rate of disease-free survival than symptomatic patients. • In this work the screening patients have...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cancer epidemiology 2016-08, Vol.43, p.70-75
Hauptverfasser: Mengual-Ballester, Mónica, Pellicer-Franco, Enrique, Valero-Navarro, Graciela, Soria-Aledo, Victoriano, García-Marín, José Andrés, Aguayo-Albasini, José Luis
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • The Patients with colorectal cancer detected by screening show a higher survival rate than symptomatic patients. • The Patients with colorectal cancer detected by screening show a higher rate of disease-free survival than symptomatic patients. • In this work the screening patients have a higher proportion of tumours in proximal colon (41.60%) than in the rectum (22.4%).
ISSN:1877-7821
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DOI:10.1016/j.canep.2016.06.003