Over the past 10 years, most developed nation states have implemented mass population screening programs for colorectal cancer. Advances in the development of diagnostic molecular markers for colorectal cancer have yielded an expanding list of potential new screening modalities. The purpose of this Review is to summarize the different screening strategies that have been or are being investigated and to provide a critical evaluation of the performance data and relative merits of the potential new methods.
- Nikhil Pawa
- Tan Arulampalam
- John D. Norton