Research progress on the correlation between colorectal cancer and coronary heart disease
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer death in the world.Coronary heart disease and colorectal cancer are closely related and influence each other.The common pathogenesis and risk factors increase the risk of both colorectal cancer and coronary heart disease at the same time.Early iden-tification and effective prevention of high-risk groups can reduce the incidence and mortality of colorectal canc-er and coronary heart disease,and improve the quality of life.This article reviews the epidemiological relation-ship,common pathophysiological mechanism,common risk factors,joint screening and joint drug prevention between colorectal cancer and coronary heart disease.