West Nicholas J, Boustière Christian, Fischbach Wolfgang, Parente Fabrizio, Leicester Roger J
Endoscopy Department, St George's Hospital, London, UK.
Int J Colorectal Dis. 2009 Jul;24(7):731-40. doi: 10.1007/s00384-009-0690-6. Epub 2009 Mar 19.
Worldwide diagnoses of bowel cancer approximate an estimated one million new cases per year, comprising 9% of all cancer cases, and this has continued to increase over the last 25 years. With the association between cancer risk and increasing age, together with the suggestion that by 2015 there will be a 22% increase in the proportion of the population aged over 65 years and a 50% increase in the proportion of people aged over 80 years, there is likely to be a significant increase in the demand on cancer services throughout Europe and the rest of the world. This article discusses the current state of bowel cancer screening within Europe.
全球每年结肠癌诊断病例估计约有100万新发病例，占所有癌症病例的9%，且在过去25年中持续增加。鉴于癌症风险与年龄增长之间的关联，以及预计到2015年65岁以上人口比例将增加22%，80岁以上人口比例将增加50%，欧洲及世界其他地区对癌症服务的需求可能会大幅增加。本文讨论了欧洲结肠癌筛查的现状。
