There has been a steady increase in both right-sided and left-sided colonic cancers without gender predilection. The increase in early-stage tumors and reduction in emergency presentations during the latter part of the study suggests value in instituting a formal national colonoscopic screening program to assess its prospective effect on these parameters.
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