Public appreciation of lifestyle risk factors for colorectal cancer and awareness of bowel cancer screening: A cross-sectional study

Lynes, Kathryn; Kazmi, Sahar A.; Robery, Jordan D.; Wong, Sunny Kit-Man; Gilbert, David; Thaha, Mohamed A.

doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.11.002

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“…The mean knowledge in the present study was relatively high, 7.3 correct of ten CRC risk factors. Results from earlier UK studies showed lower knowledge level compared with our study [17,18]. It could be due to lower educational level (42% with a university degree in the study by Lynes [17] versus 67% in the present study).…”

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“…Results from earlier UK studies showed lower knowledge level compared with our study [17,18]. It could be due to lower educational level (42% with a university degree in the study by Lynes [17] versus 67% in the present study). In our study, educational level was associated with knowledge of CRC risk factors, as established earlier [19][20][21].…”

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Public Awareness and Perceptions of Colorectal Cancer Prevention: a Cross-Sectional Survey

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We aimed to investigate awareness of colorectal cancer (CRC) lifestyle risk factors, willingness to participate in CRC screening, and preferences concerning channels for information on CRC prevention in the general population, including the target age of the upcoming Norwegian national CRC screening program. The present study was a cross-sectional online survey of adults aged 39 to 55 years registered as Kantar Web Panel respondents in Norway. The survey included demographic characteristics, multiple choice knowledge questions of lifestyle risk factors for CRC, attitudes towards CRC screening, and preferred channels for receiving information on CRC prevention. Of 4375 participants invited, 2007 (46%) answered the survey. The average number of correctly identified lifestyle risk factors for CRC was 7.3 of ten. Women were significantly more likely than men, and those with university or college education more likely than those with lower education to correctly identify at least eight risk factors (odds ratio,

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Public Awareness and Perceptions of Colorectal Cancer Prevention: a Cross-Sectional Survey

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“…Specific knowledge of the WCRF/AICR recommendations at baseline (e.g., the recommended intake of processed meat intake per day) was substantially lower than awareness of cancer risk factors, ranging from 10% for processed meat intake and use of food supplements to 64% for physical activity. This is in line with findings from a representative population sample in the UK, in which 79% knew that eating too much meat increased risk but only 47% and 28% knew the advised amount of red meat and processed meat, respectively . We found that the provision of health promotion materials for cancer prevention improved the awareness and knowledge of all WCRF/AICR recommendations.…”

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“…This is in line with findings from a representative population sample in the UK, in which 79% knew that eating too much meat increased risk but only 47% and 28% knew the advised amount of red meat and processed meat, respectively. 31 We found that the provision of health promotion materials for cancer prevention improved the awareness and knowledge of all WCRF/ AICR recommendations. These improvements remained statistically significant up to 6 months after intervention, although they were statistically significantly smaller than 2 weeks after intervention.…”

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Increasing awareness and knowledge of lifestyle recommendations for cancer prevention in Lynch syndrome carriers: Randomized controlled trial

Vrieling¹,

Visser²,

Hoedjes

et al. 2017

Clinical Genetics

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Lynch syndrome (LS) mutation carriers may reduce their cancer risk by adhering to lifestyle recommendations for cancer prevention. This study tested the effect of providing LS mutation carriers with World Cancer Research Fund-the Netherlands (WCRF-NL) health promotion materials on awareness and knowledge of and adherence to these recommendations. In this randomized controlled trial (n = 226), the intervention group (n = 114) received WCRF-NL health promotion materials. All LS mutation carriers were asked to fill out questionnaires at 2 weeks before (baseline, T0) and at 2 weeks (T1) and 6 months (T2) after the intervention. Linear mixed models were performed on awareness (0-7) and knowledge (0-7) of the recommendations, and on the secondary outcomes, that is adherence, distress, cancer worry, and risk perception. Compared with the control group, the intervention group became significantly more aware (overall mean difference = 1.24; 95%CI = 0.82-1.67) and obtained significantly improved knowledge of the recommendations (overall mean difference = 1.65; 95%CI = 1.27-2.03). Differences were significantly larger for T1 (P interaction = .003 and ≤.001, respectively) but remained significant for T2. No effect on secondary outcomes was found. In conclusion, provision of WCRF-NL health promotion materials increases awareness and knowledge of lifestyle recommendations for cancer prevention among LS mutation carriers without causing additional distress, but does not affect adherence. This may subsequently promote adherence to lifestyle recommendations, leading to potential health benefits. The aim of this randomized controlled study was to test the effect of providing LS mutation carriers with WCRF-NL health promotion materials on awareness and knowledge of the WCRF/AICR cancer prevention recommendations.In addition, we tested the effect of providing these WCRF-NL health promotion materials on adherence to these recommendations and on levels of distress, cancer worry and cancer risk perception. | METHODSThe medical ethical research committees of the Radboud university medical center and Maastricht University Medical Centre granted permission to perform this study. | Participants and study proceduresLS mutation carriers were eligible for participation in this study if mutation status was confirmed by DNA testing and carriers were informed about the LS carriership at Radboud or Maastricht University Medical Center within the last 6 years, and were aged between 18 and 65 years at the time of inclusion in the study between April and September 2015. LS mutations carriers were excluded if they had insufficient command of the Dutch language to fill out Dutch questionnaires or if they were currently participating in the GeoLynch study, a prospective cohort study among LS mutation carriers, 18 to prevent interference between both studies.After informed consent was obtained, eligible participants were randomized into an intervention or control group (Figure 1). To minimize the risk of interference between family members, randomizati...

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“…The exact cause of colorectal cancer remains unclear. Most studies regarded colorectal cancer to be associated with a family history of tumors, adenoma of the colon, high-fat and high-protein diets, and limited amounts of exercise [15-17]. …”

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Galectin-3 expression in colorectal cancer and its correlation with clinical pathological characteristics and prognosis

Liu

Jin

et al. 2017

Open Medicine

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AbstractObjectiveTo explore the expression levels of galectin-3 in colorectal cancer and the association between galectin-3 and its clinical pathological parameters, as well as the prognosis of colorectal cancer patients.MethodsAn immunohistochemistry assay was used to test the expression levels of galectin-3 in cancer tissues of 61 colorectal cancer cases and in normal intestinal tissues adjacent to the cancer tissues of 23 cases. The associations between protein expression levels of galectin-3 and the clinicopathological features, such as age, sex, pathology type, lymphatic metastasis, and prognosis were also analyzed.ResultsThe positive rate of galectin-3 in cancer tissues was significantly higher than that of cancer-adjacent tissues: 62.5% (38/61) versus 13.0% (3/23) (P<0.05), respectively. Correlation was found between the protein expression of galectin-3 and the tumor size (P<0.05), as well as between the tumor differentiation (P<0.05) and Duke staging (P<0.05). The median progression-free survival times of patients with galectin-3 positive and negative expression were 19.2 and 35.1 months, respectively, with significant statistical difference (P<0.05).ConclusionGalectin-3 expression was correlated with the genesis and development of colorectal cancer and which could be used a biological marker for the prognosis of colorectal cancer patients.

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Public appreciation of lifestyle risk factors for colorectal cancer and awareness of bowel cancer screening: A cross-sectional study

Cited by 22 publications

References 26 publications

Public Awareness and Perceptions of Colorectal Cancer Prevention: a Cross-Sectional Survey

Public Awareness and Perceptions of Colorectal Cancer Prevention: a Cross-Sectional Survey

Increasing awareness and knowledge of lifestyle recommendations for cancer prevention in Lynch syndrome carriers: Randomized controlled trial

Galectin-3 expression in colorectal cancer and its correlation with clinical pathological characteristics and prognosis

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