Progress in early diagnosis of colorectal cancer / 国际外科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Colorectal cancer (CRC),a common gastrointestinal malignancy,has been a threat to the health and life of human being.CRC is concealed with no obvious clinical symptoms or signs.Therefore,most of the patients have been in the middle and advanced stage when CRC has been diagnosed.Thus it seriously affects the prognosis and life.Accordingly,early diagnosis is crucial in earlier treating,prognosis improving and survivability increasing.In recent years,the morbidity and mortality of CRC are still on the rise.Hence,how to improve the early diagnosis rate has been a research focus in clinical study.Based on this point,the author makes a literature review on the early diagnosis of CRC.