Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common neoplasms and the third leading cause of cancer death. Regarding the incidence of neoplasms in women in general, CRC ranks fourth, after breast, cervical and lung cancer. Cancer mortality in women is attributed, in order of frequency: breast, lung, colorectal and cervical cancers.Overall CRC incidence data shows a modest decrease since the 1980s in industrialized countries and a slow but steady growth in
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