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27 March 2018

IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention Volume 17: Colorectal Cancer Screening

A Working Group of 23 independent international experts met at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) on 14–21 November 2017 to evaluate the effectiveness of various colorectal cancer screening methods. A summary of the outcome of the meeting is published today as a Special Report in The New England Journal of Medicine. The detailed assessments will be published as Volume 17 of the IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention.

The IARC perspective on colorectal cancer screening
Lauby‑Secretan B, Vilahur N, Bianchini F, Guha N, Straif K.
N Engl J Med. Published online 27 March 2018;
http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMsr1714643

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Publication date: 27 March, 2018, 0:00

Direct link: https://www.iarc.who.int/news-events/iarc-handbooks-of-cancer-prevention-volume-17-colorectal-cancer-screening/

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