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Screening colonoscopy in Australia [PDF]

Digestive Endoscopy, 2015
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a global epidemic predominantly affecting Western countries. It is the second leading cause of cancer‐related deaths in Australia with one in 12 Australians affected by this condition by the age of 85 years. Appropriate preventive measures by screening followed by colonoscopy can detect cancer and precancerous lesions, which ...
Rajvinder, Singh, Dileep, Mangira, Hiroshi, Kawano, Takashia, Matsuda   +3 more
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Uptake, yield of neoplasia, and adverse effects of flexible sigmoidoscopy screening [PDF]

, 1998
Background-A multicentre randomised controlled trial to evaluate screening by "once only" flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) for prevention of bowel cancer is in progress.Aims-To pilot the trial protocol examining rates of attendance, yield of neoplasia, and ...
J Cuzick, A Hart, Edwards, R, J Wardle, Hart, A, Cuzick, J, Sutton, S, R Edwards, J M A Northover, W S Atkin, Northover, JMA, R Aubrey, P McIntyre, S Sutton, Aubrey, R, McIntyre, P, Wardle, J, Atkin, WS   +17 more
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Direct Access Screening Colonoscopy (DASC) saves lives [PDF]

, 2022
Background and/or rationale: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in the United States, with an estimated 140,250 new cases diagnosed in 2018.
Adagbada, Yolanda
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Cecum intubation rate as quality indicator in clinical versus screening colonoscopy

Endoscopy International Open, 2017
Background and study aims Some guidelines recommend a minimum standard of 90 % cecal intubation rate (CIR) in routine clinics and 95 % in screening colonoscopy, while others have not made this distinction – both with limited evidence to support either ...
Geir Hoff, Øyvind Holme, Michael Bretthauer, Per Sandvei, Ole Darre-Næss, Asbjørn Stallemo, Håvard Wiig, Ole Høie, Geir Noraberg, Volker Moritz, Thomas de Lange   +10 more
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Effectiveness of Colonoscopy Screening vs Sigmoidoscopy Screening in Colorectal Cancer. [PDF]

JAMA Netw Open
Importance: Randomized clinical screening trials have shown that sigmoidoscopy screening reduces colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality. Colonoscopy has largely replaced sigmoidoscopy for CRC screening, but long-term results from randomized ...
Juul FE, Cross AJ, Schoen RE, Senore C, Pinsky PF, Miller EA, Segnan N, Wooldrage K, Wieszczy-Szczepanik P, Armaroli P, Garborg KK, Adami HO, Hoff G, Kalager M, Bretthauer M, Holme Ø, Løberg M.   +16 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Cost-effectiveness analysis of colorectal cancer screening with stool DNA testing in intermediate-incidence countries [PDF]

, 2006
Background: The aim of this study is to compare the cost-effectiveness of screening with stool DNA testing with that of screening with other tools (annual fecal occult blood testing, flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years, and colonoscopy every 10 years ...
Chen, Tony, Hsin-Chih Lai, Lai, Hsin-Chih, Jane Warwick, Grace Hui-Min Wu, Warwick, Jane, Jau-Min Wong, Wu, Grace, Amy Ming-Fang Yen, Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen, Yi-Ming Wang, Yen, Amy, Wang, Yi-Ming, Wong, Jau-Min, Chen Tony, Lai Hsin-Chih, Warwick Jane, Wong Jau-Min, Wang Yi-Ming, Yen Amy, Wu Grace   +20 more
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Interval post-colonoscopy colorectal cancer following a negative colonoscopy in a fecal immunochemical test-based screening program [PDF]

, 2023
Background In the Dutch colorectal (CRC) screening program, fecal immunochemical test (FIT)-positive individuals are referred for colonoscopy. If no relevant findings are detected at colonoscopy, individuals are reinvited for FIT screening after 10 years.
van Leerdam, ME, Jonge, L. de, Kooyker, A.I., van Kemenade, FJ; id_orcid, Geuzinge, HA, Nagtegaal, ID, Wisse, PHA, Lansdorp-Vogelaar, I., Toes-Zoutendijk, E., Geuzinge, H.A., Wisse, P.H.A., Ramakers, C.R.B., van de Schootbrugge-vandermeer, HJ; id_orcid, Dekker, E., Kooyker, AI, de Jonge, L, Spaander, MCW, Lansdorp-Vogelaar, I, Spaander, M.C.W., Toes-Zoutendijk, E, Breekveldt, ECH, Ramakers, CRB, Nagtegaal, I.D., van Vuuren, AJ, Kemenade, F.J. van, Dekker, E, Breekveldt, E.C.H., Vuuren, A.J. van, Ramakers, C.R., Geuzinge, H.Amarens, Spaander, M.C., Leerdam, M.E. Van, Schootbrugge-Vandermeer, H.J. van de   +32 more
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Would You Recommend Screening Colonoscopy for the Very Elderly? [PDF]

Intestinal Research, 2014
Life expectancy in Korea has increased, and the number of screening colonoscopies in the elderly has also dramatically increased. The net benefit of colonoscopy in the very elderly (≥80 years of age as defined by the World Health Organization) may be ...
Jae Myung Cha
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Evaluation of the accuracy of serum MMP-9 as a test for colorectal cancer in a primary care population [PDF]

, 2006
Background Bowel cancer is common and is a major cause of death. Meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials estimates that screening for colorectal cancer using faecal occult blood (FOB) test reduces mortality from colorectal cancer by 16%.
Michael JO Wakelam, Colbourne, L, Janet A Dunn, Val D Redman, Lynne Colbourne, Dunn, Janet, Martin Ashley, Wakelam, Michael, Hobbs Richard FD, Wakelam, Michael J.O., Sue Wilson, Martin, Ashley, Wilson, Sue, Dr, Redman, Valerie, Colbourne Lynne, Redman, Val. D., Colbourne, Lynne, Ryan, Angela V., Wilson Sue, Angela V Ryan, Tariq Ismail, Fiona Patrick, Ashley Martin, Richard FD Hobbs, Ryan Angela V, Patrick, Fiona, Patrick, F, Ismail, Tariq, Ismail Tariq, Dunn, Janet A., Wilson, Sue, Redman Val D, Ryan, Angela, Dunn Janet A, Hobbs, RF, Hobbs, Richard F. D., Patrick Fiona, Wakelam Michael JO   +37 more
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Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Screening [PDF]

Journal of Cancer, 2013
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Many, if not most, cases arise from premalignant lesions (adenomas) which may be identified and removed prior to becoming frankly malignant. For over a decade, colonoscopy has been the preferred modality for both CRC screening and prevention in the US.
Young, Patrick E., Womeldorph, Craig M.
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