The Regueiro Report: Focus on CRC

The increased uptake of screening for colorectal cancer has led to improvements in the incidence of and mortality from the disease. However, patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), at high risk for CRC, still have high rates of morbidity and death. FAP is significantly underreported, and part of the reason is the condition’s rarity; as gastroenterologists, we may see only five cases of FAP in our lifetime, and perhaps don’t screen patients for this syndrome as we