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SUBMITTER: Marley AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5069274 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of molecular epidemiology and genetics 20160930 3
Colorectal cancer is currently the third deadliest cancer in the United States and will claim an estimated 49,190 U.S. lives in 2016. The purpose of this review is to summarize our current understanding of this disease, based on nationally published statistics and information presented in peer-reviewed journal articles. Specifically, this review will cover the following topics: descriptive epidemiology (including time and disease trends both in the United States and abroad), risk factors (enviro ...[more]