Colorectal cancers: screening could prevent more than 6,000 deaths. On this occasion, the National Cancer Institute is releasing a new television and digital campaign which will be broadcast from this Friday to encourage the French to get screened.
Today, only 34% of men and women over 50 are screened. If the participation rate, currently 34%, reached the objective of 65%, 5,700 colorectAL cancers and 6,600 deaths could be avoided each year. If detected early thanks to organized screening, the patient recovers in 9 out of 10 cases.