Question

Which of the gastrointestinal cancers has the highest rate of incidence and is responsible for the highest number of deaths?

Answer 1

The correct answer is colorectal cancers.

After lung, breast and prostate cancer, colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the last year. Colorectal cancer is a disease of old age: It usually originates in the secretory cells of the gut. One of the main risk factors is unbalanced diets (low in vegetable fibre and high in fat ).