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Cancer of the large bowel is the second most common malignant tumour in the western world, with approximately 20000 new cases registered each year in England and Wales. No improvement in the survival figures has occurred in the past 30 years, and since 1970 the number of deaths per annum in Great Britain has been rising. The prognosis of the disease is directly related to the degree of centrifugal spread of the tumour. Patients with cancer limited to the bowel wall have a corrected 5-year survival of about 90%, whereas those with tumours with lymphatic spread have a 5-year survival of about 30%.
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Britton, D.C., Farrands, P.A., Griffiths, R.L. (1984). Asymptomatic Faecal Occult Blood Screening: A Practical Solution to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Colorectal Cancer?. In: Givel, JC., Saegesser, F. (eds) Colo-Proctology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95439-9_12
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