title: Screening for colorectal cancer.
abstract: This review will comprise a general overview of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. We will cover the impact of CRC, CRC risk factors, screening modalities, and guideline recommendations for screening in average-risk and high-risk individuals. Based on this data, we will summarize our approach to CRC screening.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: ychoi47@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Youngjee
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Heather F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Sateia
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Kimberly S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Peairs
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Rosalyn W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D003113:Colonoscopy; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods*; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D009780:Occult Blood; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012306:Risk; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Colon cancer; Colorectal cancer; Rectal cancer; Screening