Top 10 research priorities in colorectal cancer: results from the Colorectal Cancer Priority-Setting Partnership.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most frequent cause of cancer death in the word. Which aspects of research into CRC should be accorded the highest priority remains unclear, because relevant stakeholders, such as patients, nurses, and physicians, played hardly any part in the development of research projects. The goal in forming the CRC Priority-Setting Partnership (PSP) was to bring all relevant stakeholders together to identify and prioritize unresolved research questions regarding the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of CRC.

Methods

The CRC PSP worked in cooperation with the British James Lind Alliance. An initial nationwide survey was conducted, and evidence uncertainties were collected, categorized, summarized, and compared with available evidence from

SUBMITTER: Klotz R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10020251 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature