Patients without colonoscopic follow-up after abnormal fecal immunochemical tests are often unaware of the abnormal result and report several barriers to colonoscopy [PDF]
BMC Gastroenterology, 2020 Background The fecal immunochemical test (FIT) is the second most commonly used colorectal cancer (CRC) screening modality in the United States; yet, follow-up of abnormal FIT results with diagnostic colonoscopy is underutilized.
Vivy T. Cusumano +5 more
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Faecal haemoglobin can define risk of colorectal neoplasia at surveillance colonoscopy in patients at increased risk of colorectal cancer. [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Quantitative faecal immunochemical tests measure faecal haemoglobin concentration (f-Hb), which increases in the presence of colorectal neoplasia.Objective: We examined the diagnostic accuracy of faecal immunochemical test (FIT)in patients at
Cleary, Shirley +9 more
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The association among diet, dietary fiber, and bowel preparation at colonoscopy [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Pre-colonoscopy dietary restrictions vary widely and lack evidence-based guidance. We investigated whether fiber and various other foods/macronutrients consumed during the 3 days before colonoscopy are associated with bowel ...
Jacobson, Brian C. +5 more
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Analysis of lesion localisation at colonoscopy: outcomes from a multi-centre U.K. study [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Colonoscopy is currently the gold standard for detection of colorectal lesions, but may be limited in anatomically localising lesions. This audit aimed to determine the accuracy of colonoscopy lesion localisation, any subsequent changes in
Anderson, John H. +22 more
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Endocuff Vision Reduces Inspection Time Without Decreasing Lesion Detection in a Randomized Colonoscopy Trial [PDF]
, 2019 Background & Aims Mucosal exposure devices improve detection of lesions during colonoscopy and have reduced examination times in uncontrolled studies. We performed a randomized trial of Endocuff Vision vs standard colonoscopy to compare differences in ...
Garcia, Jonathan +5 more
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Cancer Treatment and Research Communications, 2021 Background: Current guidelines recommend that patients who have undergone curative-intent resection for colorectal cancer (CRC) should undergo colonoscopy one year following their surgery or at six months post-operatively if a pre-operative colonoscopy ...
Kyle Stephens, Bridget N. Fahy
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Gastroenterology, 1975 The technique of colonoscopy has introduced an exciting new modality for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the colon. It is not a panacrea, for, as with any technique, limitations are always present; but it offers the single most far reaching advance for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the colon that has been offered in the last ...
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Colonoscopy resource availability and colonoscopy utilization in Ontario, Canada
International Journal of Population Data Science, 2017 Objective Evidence of long wait times for colonoscopy and regional variations in colonoscopy utilization have raised concerns that the availability of colonoscopy resources may be insufficient to meet current needs.
Colleen Webber +4 more
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The current capacity and quality of colonoscopy in Korea [PDF]
Intestinal Research, 2019 Background/Aims Little is known for the capacity and quality of colonoscopy, and adherence to colonoscopy surveillance guidelines in Korea. This study aimed to investigate the present and potential colonoscopic capacity, colonoscopic quality, and ...
Jae Ho Choi +5 more
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