title: Importance of early diagnosis in the treatment of carcinoma of the colon and rectum.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy; D013997:Time Factors