Large proportion of colorectal cancer deaths could be prevented, study suggests

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 12:31 in Health & Medicine

A large proportion of the 141,000 cases and 49,000 deaths from colorectal cancer expected in the United States this year could be prevented by increasing the use of established screening tests and by applying existing knowledge about colorectal cancer prevention, researchers say.

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