title: Primary prevention: what can you tell your patient?
abstract: Colorectal cancer, with its high incidence and significant morbidity and mortality, remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Primary prevention of colorectal cancer may be more cost-effective and practical than secondary prevention. The primary prevention of colorectal cancer involves dietary and environmental modifications, chemoprevention, and in some cases prophylactic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Friedlich
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Stern
mesh_terms: D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004032:Diet; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity