Biomed. Papers 145(1), 5-10 (2001) | DOI: 10.5507/bp.2001.001

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF COLORECTAL CANCER

Vladimír Janout, Helena Kollárová
Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Palacky University, Olomouc

This review article presents colorectal cancer epidemiology, describing main epidemiologic characteristics and the influenceof environmental and life style risk factors. The most important ideas for primary prevention are listed at the endof the article.

Keywords: Colorectal cancer, Epidemiology, Risk factors

Published: July 1, 2001  Show citation

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Janout, V., & Kollárová, H. (2001). EPIDEMIOLOGY OF COLORECTAL CANCER. Biomedical papers145(1), 5-10. doi: 10.5507/bp.2001.001
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