Motivational interviewing and screening colonoscopy in high-risk individuals. A randomized controlled trial

Colorectal cancer (CRC) with an up-ward trend in developing countries has a rapid rise particularly in the Eastern Asian regions [1,2]. In Iran, CRC is the third-most common cancer leading to 7163 new cases and 4262 deaths annually [3]. Risk of developing colon cancer among family members of patients with CRC is two- to four-fold higher than the general population [4,5]. Current guidelines strongly recommend screening colonoscopy in the first degree relatives (FDRs) of patients with CRC, starting at the age 40 or 10 years younger than the earliest CRC diagnosis in the family [6,7].
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