Colorectal cancer in the setting of pregnancy and familial risk

Women are at risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) during pregnancy but this fact is underappreciated. We performed a population-based study to evaluate the rate, predictors, and familial risk for pregnancy associated CRC in Utah. All newly diagnosed cases of CRC between 1973 and 2014 were obtained from the Utah Cancer Registry and linked to pedigrees from the Utah Population Database. Of the 12,886 females diagnosed with CRC, 73 were diagnosed with...