Colorectal cancer screening in Europe: what are the next steps?

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In The Lancet Oncology, Rafael Cardoso and colleagues 1 Cardoso R Guo F Heisser T et al. Divergent trends in colorectal cancer incidence, mortality, and stage distribution in European countries in the colorectal cancer screening era: an international population-based study. Lancet Oncol. 2021; (published online May 25.)https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00199-6 Summary Full Text Full Text PDF Scopus (9) Google Scholar present data from an international population-based study aiming to describe the effects of colorectal cancer screening on incidence, stage distribution, and mortality across European countries over the past two decades. The authors examine their findings according to the time of implementation of national screening programmes in this time period (early vs late), or as compared with countries with no large-scale screening programmes. The authors should be commended for establishing a large European research collaboration, thereby providing a unique opportunity to uncover important findings on various aspects of colorectal cancer screening. Colorectal cancer incidence, mortality, and stage distribution in European countries in the colorectal cancer screening era: an international population-based studyWe observed divergent trends in colorectal cancer incidence, mortality, and stage distribution across European countries, which appear to be largely explained by different levels of colorectal cancer screening implementation. Full-Text PDF