title: Colorectal cancer. Clinical and pathologic features.
abstract: Despite an improved understanding of the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer and the technical ability to alter its natural history in a large proportion of average and high-risk patients, this cancer remains deadly. There has been no significant change in incidence or survival rates over the past 40 years. This indicates a continued need for earlier detection of polyps and cancers, aggressive surgery for the primary tumor, and improved multimodality treatment for metastatic disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Evanston Hospital-McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Gore
mesh_terms: D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors