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Colorectal cancer is a huge health problem with an estimated worldwide incidence of about one million patients and about 529.000 cancer deaths annually. It is estimated that 2.8 million people survive at least 5 years after their diagnosis of colorectal cancer [1]. The disease affects slightly more males than females. In the US, lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer is about 1 in 20, and the median age at diagnosis is 72 years [2].

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Havenga, K., Breukink, S.O., Mourits, M.J.E. (2011). Colorectal Cancer. In: Mulhall, J., Incrocci, L., Goldstein, I., Rosen, R. (eds) Cancer and Sexual Health. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-916-1_35

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