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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Published in:Cancer epidemiology 2016-08, Vol.43, p.70-75
Main Authors: Mengual-Ballester, Mónica, Pellicer-Franco, Enrique, Valero-Navarro, Graciela, Soria-Aledo, Victoriano, García-Marín, José Andrés, Aguayo-Albasini, José Luis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Cancer
Cancer screening
Colonoscopy
Colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer recurrence
Colorectal cancer screening
Colorectal cancer survival
Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis
Colorectal Neoplasms - mortality
Conflicts of interest
Early Detection of Cancer - methods
Epidemiology
Female
Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Mass Screening - methods
Medical prognosis
Middle Aged
Mortality
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
Occult sciences
Patients
Prospective Studies
Surgery
Survival analysis
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Summary: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
1877-783X
DOI:10.1016/j.canep.2016.06.003