Colorectal Cancer Screening

• DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2013.0180
• Publication Date: 2017-04-14T16:02:30Z
• Authors: Randall W. Burt; Jamie A. Cannon; Donald S. David; Dayna S. Early; James M. Ford; Francis M. Giardi...; Amy L. Halverson; Stanley R. Hamilton; Heather Hampel; Mohammad K. Ismail; Kory Jasperson; Jason B. Klapman; Audrey J. Lazenby; Patrick M. Lynch; Robert J. Mayer; Reid M. Ness; Dawn Provenzale; M. Sambasiva Rao; Moshe Shike; Gideon Steinbach; Jonathan P. Terdiman; David Weinberg; Mary Dwyer; Deborah Freedman-...
• Keywords: Lynch Syndrome; Polypectomy; Colorectal cancer screening; Modalities

Mortality from colorectal cancer can be reduced by early diagnosis and prevention through polypectomy. These NCCN Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening describe various screening modalities recommended schedules patients at average or increased risk of developing cancer. In addition, the guidelines provide recommendations management with high-risk syndromes, including Lynch syndrome. approaches syndrome are also described.