"This article focuses on colon cancer. See also, the rectal cancer standalone article."
"bacteraemia or bacterial endocarditis with Streptococcus bovis (Streptococcus gallolyticus) 6"
"MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP)"
"MBD4-associated neoplasia syndrome"
"NTHL1 tumour syndrome"
"Approximately 10% of colorectal cancers have a BRAF mutation, which is more common in females, right colon colorectal cancer, advanced stage at diagnosis, and a mucinous histology 7."
"BRAF-mutated colorectal cancer has a poorer prognosis with a median survival of"
"T-staging of CRC with CT is limited by soft tissue resolution with a sensitivity of 77% (range 61-87%) and specificity of 70% (range 49-89%), although accuracy can be improved by the use of multidecetctor CT, multiplanar reformats (MPR), and thin (0.6-1.5 mm) slices 9,10,12. The main use of CT is differentiating early disease (T1-T3ab) with 5 mm of extramural extension as neoadjuvant therapy can be indicated for the latter 10-13."
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"Associations"
"Specific subtypes"
"Staging"
"Fluoroscopy"
"Barium enema"
"Staging"
"Screening recommendations"
"Diverticulosis"
"Colorectal cancer is common, accounting for 15% of all newly diagnosed cancers, and tends to be a disease of the elderly, with the median age of diagnosis between 60 and 80 years of age 2, slightly younger for rectal cancer. There is also a slight male predilection for rectal cancers, not found in tumours elsewhere in the colon."
"that of metastatic disease (e.g. respiratory symptoms from lung metastases)"
"paraneoplastic syndromes (e.g. dermatomyositis)"
"T-staging of CRC with CT is limited by soft tissue resolution with a sensitivity of 77% (range 61-87%) and specificity of 70% (range 49-89%), although accuracy can be improved by the use of multidecetctor CT, multiplanar reformats (MPR), and thin (0.6-1.5 mm) slices 9,10,12. The main use of CT is differentiating early disease (T1-T3ab) with 5 mm of extramural extension as neoadjuvant therapy can be indicated for the latter 10-13."