Tag: Cancer: Colon

Greater associations seen for those without colonoscopy screening, with smoking history, and for recent diabetes diagnosis

Disparity explained by health insurance among those with colon and rectal cancer

At fecal hemoglobin cutoff of 17 µg/g, sensitivity and PPV were 39 percent and specificity and NPV were 93 percent

Risk-adapted starting age of screening varies by 24 years for men in highest polygenic risk score decile versus women in lowest

mt-sRNA has sensitivity of 94 percent for detecting colorectal cancer, 46 percent for advanced adenomas

Reduced hazard ratio seen for disease progression or death with sotorasib-panitumumab versus standard care

FIT screening does not improve screening uptake and has lower rate of advanced colorectal neoplasia detection

Worse overall, disease-free, cancer-specific survival seen for patients with diabetes with complications

Despite significant increase in serious adverse events, no difference reported in health-related quality of life

However, overall 10-year colorectal cancer incidence relatively low in veterans younger than 50 years of age