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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 7, 2015; 21(5): 1371-1376
Published online Feb 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i5.1371
Published online Feb 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i5.1371
Body mass index and colon cancer screening: The road ahead
Kanwarpreet Tandon, Bahaa Eldeen Senousy Ismail, Fernando Castro, Department of Gastroenterology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL 33331, United States
Mohamad Imam, Department of Internal Medicine, University of North Dakota, Fargo, ND 58202, United States
Author contributions: Castro F contributed to topic selection, title selection, manuscript drafting, writing, critical revision and editing; Tandon K contributed to title selection, manuscript drafting, writing and editing and table formulation; Imam M contributed to manuscript drafting, writing and editing; and Ismail BES contributed to manuscript drafting, writing and editing and table formulation.
Conflict-of-interest: All authors have no conflict of interest related to the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Fernando Castro, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd, Weston, FL 33331, United States. castrof@ccf.org
Telephone: +1-954-6595646 Fax: +1-954-6595647
Received: September 29, 2014
Peer-review started: September 30, 2014
First decision: October 29, 2014
Revised: November 6, 2014
Accepted: January 8, 2015
Article in press: January 8, 2015
Published online: February 7, 2015
Processing time: 133 Days and 5.1 Hours
Peer-review started: September 30, 2014
First decision: October 29, 2014
Revised: November 6, 2014
Accepted: January 8, 2015
Article in press: January 8, 2015
Published online: February 7, 2015
Processing time: 133 Days and 5.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Colorectal cancer has been associated with various risk factors like gender, race, smoking, obesity, diet, but these have not been utilized to refine our screening practices. The available evidence, the suggested role of inflammatory markers and the practical ease of use suggests that incorporation of body mass index accounting for gender and age differences can be used to supplement risk calculators for predicting the occurrence of colorectal adenomas and hence fine tune our screening practices.