title: Preventing colorectal cancer.
abstract: Knowledgeable patients should not die of colorectal cancer. Increasing the intake of dietary fiber, decreasing fat consumption, and increasing the use of modern technology to detect adenomatous polyps and early cancer can greatly decrease the mortality associated with colorectal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Florida School of Medicine, Jacksonville.
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: McKibben
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000367:Age Factors; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004733:Enema; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D001466:Barium Sulfate