Decrease in Metastatic Colon Cancer, Prostate Cancer Often Discovered Late

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Despite the aging population, the number of cases of metastatic colorectal cancer has decreased in recent years. According to the Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL), this is due to the population-based colorectal cancer screening program launched in 2014. Because it is a form of cancer more common in older people, an increase was expected, but this has not happened. The number of diagnoses of metastatic colorectal cancer decrea…

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The population-based colon cancer screening program is paying off: the number of diagnoses is decreasing because the disease is already being detected in a pre-stage...