In the past decades the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) in people under the age of 50
years has increased, which is referred to as early-onset CRC or young-onset CRC (YO …

Many cancer referral guidelines use patient's age as a key criterium to decide who should
be referred urgently. A recent rise in the incidence of colorectal cancer in younger adults has …

The Asia-Pacific region has the largest number of cases of colorectal cancer (CRC) and one
of the highest levels of mortality due to this condition in the world. Since the publishing of two …

Background: Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia.
Emerging evidence from several countries suggests increasing incidence in people aged< …

Cholecystectomy—A relationship between cholecystectomy and right-sided colon cancer
has been described in some reports. As an example, in a study of 278,460 patients followed …

Simple Summary Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is one of the most effective measures
to prevent CRC resulting in a decrease in CRC mortality. Mortality reduction (MR) from CRC …

Importance Recent evidence has shown that although the incidence of colorectal cancer
(CRC) is decreasing among older adults, rates have increased in adults younger than 50 …

Background Evidence is emerging that the incidence of colorectal cancer is increasing in
young adults, but the descriptive epidemiology required to better understand these trends is …

Abstract Objectives The Australian National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP)
offers free 2-yearly immunochemical faecal occult blood testing to individuals aged 50–74 …

Introduction Colorectal cancer (CRC) care costs the Australian healthcare system more than
any other cancer. We estimated costs and days in hospital for CRC cases, stratified by site …