Faivre Jean, Bouvier Anne-Marie, Bonithon-Kopp Claire
Faculté de Médecine Registre Associé, INSERM-InVS, EPI INSERM 0106, Dijon Cedex, 21079, France.
Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 2002 Apr;16(2):187-99. doi: 10.1053/bega.2001.0280.
Knowledge of the descriptive epidemiology of colorectal cancer is essential to a better understanding of the aetiology of the disease and the development of screening strategies. Considerable research efforts have been launched over the last 15 years to evaluate the ability of screening tests to decrease the incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer. This chapter provides a worldwide update of the incidence of colorectal cancer and reviews the evidence for screening for colorectal cancer based on published studies.
了解结直肠癌的描述性流行病学对于更好地理解该疾病的病因及制定筛查策略至关重要。在过去15年里，人们付出了巨大的研究努力来评估筛查测试降低结直肠癌发病率和死亡率的能力。本章提供了全球范围内结直肠癌发病率的最新情况，并根据已发表的研究综述了结直肠癌筛查的证据。
