Colorectal Cancer: A Review of Carcinogenesis, Global Epidemiology, Current Challenges, Risk Factors, Preventive and Treatment Strategies

🤖 Plain-English Summary

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most deadly cancer. Therefore, in this review, we have comprehensively discussed the current global epidemiology, drug resistance, challenges, risk factors, and preventive and treatment strategies of CRC.

🔑 Key Findings

• Global incidence and mortality are likely to be increased in the coming decades.
• Although the deaths associated with CRC are very high in high-income countries, the incidence and fatalities related to CRC are growing in developing countries too.
• CRC detected early is entirely curable by surgery and subsequent medications.

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