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Citation
NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination. The management of colorectal cancer. York: University of York. Effective Health Care 3(6). 1998
Authors' objectives
To summarise the research evidence which informed the Department of Health's Clinical Outcomes Group's guidance on commissioning cancer services, based on a series of systematic reviews.
Authors' conclusions
Colorectal (bowel) cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK. The disease is curable when not too far advanced and UK survival rates could be substantially improved with better management.