More than 1.9 million people are diagnosed with colorectal cancer each year, making it the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Yet the question of what an individual’s actual lifetime risk looks like — accounting for the fact that people may develop multiple cancers and face competing risks of dying from other causes — has remained unclear. Now, the largest global assessment of lifetime colorectal cancer risk to date provides a comprehensive ansRead More
Global study maps lifetime colorectal cancer risks — and reveals who is most vulnerable
