Two weeks of antibiotics to eradicate the carcinogenic bacteria reduce the risk for CRC incidence and mortality, a new analysis suggested.
is associated with a higher risk for colorectal cancer incidence and CRC mortality, new data show; however, a 2-week course of antibiotics to eliminate the bacterial infection can reduce the risk of developing and dying from CRC.is a known cause of peptic ulcers and stomach cancer and has been classified as a group I carcinogen by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer.
Untreated patients had a 23% higher risk for CRC and a 40% higher risk for CRC mortality than treated individuals.infection vs no treatment was associated with a lower risk of developing and dying from CRC . For context, among individuals receiving a screening colonoscopy, the invasive test was associated with a 0.84%-1.22% absolute risk reduction in CRC incidence and a 0.15-0.30% absolute risk reduction in CRC mortality.
M. Alexander Otto is a physician assistant with a master's degree in medical science and a journalism degree from Newhouse. He is an award-winning medical journalist who worked for several major news outlets before joining Medscape Medical News. Alex is also an MIT Knight Science Journalism fellow. Email:CRC: Troubling Mortality Rates for a Preventable CancerAll material on this website is protected by copyright, Copyright © 1994-2024 by WebMD LLC.
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