Colorectal Cancer

Diagnosis and management of colon and rectal cancer.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MRCGP (General Practitioner)

Last reviewed: 21 October 2025

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Clinical Guidelines

CKS: Gastrointestinal tract (lower) cancers - recognition and referral

ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline: Localised Colon Cancer

Metastatic colorectal cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for

NICE guideline [NG12]: Suspected cancer: recognition and referral

NICE guideline [NG151]

SIGN 126 • Diagnosis and management of colorectal cancer

ACG Clinical Guidelines: Colorectal Cancer Screening 2021

American Cancer Society Guideline for Colorectal Cancer Screening

BSG & ACPGBI Guidelines: Faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) in patients with signs or symptoms of suspected colorectal cancer (CRC)

Colorectal cancer screening for average‐risk adults: 2018 guideline update from the American Cancer Society

Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines | American Cancer Society

Colorectal Cancer Screening: Updated Guidelines From the American College of Gastroenterology

ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline: Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Follow-up after colonoscopy and polypectomy: A Consensus Update by the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer

Guidelines on Genetic Evaluation and Management of Lynch Syndrome: A Consensus Statement by the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer

Metastatic colorectal cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology: Colorectal Cancer Screening

Recommendation: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Recommendation Statement

Screening for Colorectal Cancer in Asymptomatic Average-Risk Adults: American College of Physicians (ACP) Guidance Statement

Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: ASCO Guideline