Colon Cancer

Studies from C. Bosetti et al Have Provided New Data on Colon Cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, June 21st, 2011

2011 JUN 21 -- According to a study from Milan, Italy, "Colorectal cancer mortality has been declining over the last two decades in Europe, particularly in women, the trends being, however, different across countries and age groups. We updated to 2007 colorectal cancer mortality trends in Europe using data from the World Health Organization (WHO)."

"Rates were analyzed for the overall population and separately in young, middle-age and elderly populations. In the European Union (EU), between 1997 and 2007 mortality from colorectal cancer declined by around 2% per year, from 19.7 to 17.4/100,000 men (world standardized rates) and from 12.5 to 10.5/100,000...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2011-06-21)

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