Public appreciation of lifestyle risk factors for colorectal cancer and awareness of bowel cancer screening: A cross-sectional study

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• 作者：Kathryn Lynes^a ; ^{klynes@nhs.net} ; Sahar A. Kazmi^b ; Jordan D. Robery^b ; Simon Wong^b ; Deborah Gilbert^c ; Mohamed A. Thaha^a ; ^b
• 关键词：Colorectal cancer ; Lifestyle ; Risk factors ; Awareness ; Screening
• 刊名：International Journal of Surgery
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：36
• 期：part_PA
• 页码：312-318
• 全文大小：1431 K
• 卷排序：36

文摘

Results show that awareness of lifestyle risk factors for CRC is affected by age and educational level. Initiatives are required to improve awareness of younger people since this group stand to benefit most from risk reduction. 45% were unaware that CRC is curable if caught early; screening promotion should focus on this message.