Keenan Jacqueline I, Frizelle Frank A
Department of Surgery, University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand.
Biomedicines. 2022 Jan 25;10(2):255. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10020255.
Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. The high incidence and the acceleration of incidence in younger people reinforces the need for better techniques of early detection. The use of noninvasive biomarkers has potential to more accurately inform how patients are prioritised for clinical investigation, which, in turn, may ultimately translate into improved survival for those subsequently found to have curable-stage CRC. This review surveys a wide range of CRC biomarkers that may (alone or in combination) identify symptomatic patients presenting in primary care who should be progressed for clinical investigation.
结直肠癌是全球主要的死亡原因之一。其高发病率以及在年轻人中发病率的加速上升,凸显了对更好的早期检测技术的需求。使用非侵入性生物标志物有可能更准确地告知如何对患者进行临床检查的优先级排序,这反过来可能最终转化为提高那些随后被发现处于可治愈阶段的结直肠癌患者的生存率。本综述调查了广泛的结直肠癌生物标志物,这些生物标志物可能(单独或联合使用)识别出在初级保健中出现症状、应推进至临床检查的患者。