Danish investigators conducted a cohort study to assess the impact of low-dose aspirin on lower gastrointestinal bleeding, colorectal bleeding, and colorectal polyps.
Patients with colon cancer who are younger than 25 years have a higher risk for death compared with older adults.
The prevalence of colorectal cancer screening is lowest among adults aged 50 to 54 years.
A mechanism was identified through which a Western diet and antibiotic use may be able to promote tumorigenesis by colon cancer cells after curative resection.
The researchers concluded that the use of oral antibiotics was associated with colorectal cancer, but the effect size and pattern of risk varied by anatomical location in the colorectum.
While screening rates for colorectal cancer (CRC) have increased substantially since 2008, disparities in screening between racial and ethnic groups continue to pose a challenge to equitable clinical care.
In most high-income countries with long-term data, uptick in early-onset colorectal cancer began in the mid-1990s.
The report suggests higher screening rates explains the positive trend.
Rates of rectal cancer have been rising longer and faster than colon cancer.
In this meta-analysis, statin use was linked to a reduced risk of advanced, but not any, colorectal adenomas.
