General practice & primary care · UKMLA & AKT
Bowel cancer screening
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Colorectal cancer (CRC) - 4th most common cancer in the UK, 2nd most common cause of cancer death
- ~42,000 cases/year; incidence rises sharply with age (>50); ~80% sporadic via adenoma-carcinoma sequence over 10-15 years
- Screening aims to detect early-stage cancer or pre-malignant polyps when treatment is most effective
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