Rising Early-onset Colorectal Cancer Incidence Is Not an Artifact of Increased Screening Colonoscopy Use in a Large, Diverse Healthcare System

Gastroenterology. 2022 Jan;162(1):325-327.e3. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2021.09.034. Epub 2021 Sep 20.

Authors

Jeffrey K Lee¹, Sophie A Merchant², Christopher D Jensen², Caitlin C Murphy³, Natalia Udaltsova², Douglas A Corley²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California. Electronic address: jeffrey.k.lee@kp.org.
² Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California.
³ School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Age of Onset
Artifacts
California / epidemiology
Colonoscopy*
Colorectal Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology*
Early Detection of Cancer*
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Predictive Value of Tests
Reproducibility of Results
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Time Factors
Young Adult

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