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Chemoprophylaxis of precancerous lesions in patients who are at a high risk of developing colorectal cancer (Review)

  • Authors:
    • Nonna E. Ogurchenok
    • Konstantin D. Khalin
    • Igor S. Bryukhovetskiy
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  • Published online on: March 27, 2024     https://doi.org/10.3892/mi.2024.149
  • Article Number: 25
  • Copyright : © Ogurchenok et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License [CC BY 4.0].

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Abstract

The diagnostics of colorectal cancer (CRC) and precancerous lesions in the colon is one of the most urgent matters to be considered for the modern protocols of complex examination, recommended for use from the age of 45 years, and including both instrumental and laboratory methods of research: Colonoscopy, CT colonography, flexible sigmoidoscopy, fecal occult blood test, fecal immunohistochemistry test and stool DNA test Nevertheless, the removal of those precancerous lesions does not solve the issue, and, apart from the regular endoscopic monitoring of patients who are at a high risk of developing CRC, the pharmacological treatment of certain key pathogenic mechanisms leading to the development of CRC is required. The present review to discusses the function of β‑catenin in the transformation of precancerous colorectal lesions into CRC, when collaborating with PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway and other mechanisms. The existing methods for the early diagnostics and prevention of discovered anomalies are described and categorized. The analysis of the approaches to chemoprophylaxis of CRC, depending on the results of endoscopic, morphological and molecular‑genetic tests, is presented.
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Ogurchenok NE, Khalin KD and Bryukhovetskiy IS: Chemoprophylaxis of precancerous lesions in patients who are at a high risk of developing colorectal cancer (Review). Med Int 4: 25, 2024
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Ogurchenok, N.E., Khalin, K.D., & Bryukhovetskiy, I.S. (2024). Chemoprophylaxis of precancerous lesions in patients who are at a high risk of developing colorectal cancer (Review). Medicine International, 4, 25. https://doi.org/10.3892/mi.2024.149
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Ogurchenok, N. E., Khalin, K. D., Bryukhovetskiy, I. S."Chemoprophylaxis of precancerous lesions in patients who are at a high risk of developing colorectal cancer (Review)". Medicine International 4.3 (2024): 25.
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Ogurchenok, N. E., Khalin, K. D., Bryukhovetskiy, I. S."Chemoprophylaxis of precancerous lesions in patients who are at a high risk of developing colorectal cancer (Review)". Medicine International 4, no. 3 (2024): 25. https://doi.org/10.3892/mi.2024.149