Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links related to guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Screening for colorectal cancer".)
International
United States
●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on colorectal cancer screening (2018)
●ASCRS: Clinical practice guidelines for the surgical treatment of patients with Lynch syndrome (2017)
●ASCRS: Clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of colon cancer (2017)
Europe
●ESGE: Guideline on endoscopic management of polyposis syndromes (2019)
United Kingdom
●Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN): Diagnosis and management of colorectal cancer − A national clinical guideline (2011, revised 2016)
India
●Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR): Consensus document for management of colorectal cancer (2014)
Australia-New Zealand
Japan
●[In English] Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR): Guideline for the clinical practice of hereditary colorectal cancer, 2016 (published 2018)
●[In Japanese] JSCCR: Guidelines for the clinical practice of hereditary colorectal cancer (2016)