Screening
Screening for colorectal cancer offers the potential to detect the disease at an early, potentially curable, stage.
There are five criteria for considering screening for colorectal cancer:
- age > 40
- family history of colorectal cancer
- personal history of colorectal cancer
- familial adenomatous polyposis coli
- ulcerative colitis
Related pages
- Colorectal screening: family history of colorectal cancer
- Colorectal screening: personal history of colorectal cancer
- Colorectal screening: familial adenomatous polyposis
- Faecal occult blood tests (diagnosis of colorectal cancer)
- Colorectal cancer screening if Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis
- Colorectal screening if colonic adenomas
- NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme
- Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) blood-based test screening for colorectal cancer (CRC)
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