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Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2001
Colorectal cancer causes significant morbidity and mortality in the United States. The incidence of colorectal cancer increases at age 50, approximately. Risk factors that have been identified include a personal history of colorectal cancer or adenomas, a family history of colon cancer or adenomas, inherited colorectal cancer syndromes, and long ...
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Colorectal cancer causes significant morbidity and mortality in the United States. The incidence of colorectal cancer increases at age 50, approximately. Risk factors that have been identified include a personal history of colorectal cancer or adenomas, a family history of colon cancer or adenomas, inherited colorectal cancer syndromes, and long ...
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Current Opinion in Oncology, 1998
Comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for screening and surveillance for colorectal cancer were published in 1997. Backed by compelling scientific data from recently completed controlled trials and case-control studies, these guidelines recommend annual fecal occult blood test screening plus periodic flexible sigmoidoscopy about every 5 years for ...
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Comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for screening and surveillance for colorectal cancer were published in 1997. Backed by compelling scientific data from recently completed controlled trials and case-control studies, these guidelines recommend annual fecal occult blood test screening plus periodic flexible sigmoidoscopy about every 5 years for ...
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Medical Clinics of North America, 1996
The decision whether to launch a screening program in asymptomatic patients of average risk for colorectal cancer and the selection of the appropriate protocol for screening are complex issues. There are still many unanswered questions. Many organizations such as the American Cancer Society, the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for the ...
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The decision whether to launch a screening program in asymptomatic patients of average risk for colorectal cancer and the selection of the appropriate protocol for screening are complex issues. There are still many unanswered questions. Many organizations such as the American Cancer Society, the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for the ...
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Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 2010
The review will summarize the state of the art in colon cancer screening. Recently published screening guidelines will be reviewed so physicians can understand them and how to deal with the differences. Each screening modality presently in use will then be reviewed with emphasis on efficacy and problems.During the past two decades research has clearly ...
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The review will summarize the state of the art in colon cancer screening. Recently published screening guidelines will be reviewed so physicians can understand them and how to deal with the differences. Each screening modality presently in use will then be reviewed with emphasis on efficacy and problems.During the past two decades research has clearly ...
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Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 1997
Colorectal cancer occurs throughout the world. Little is known about the etiology of this disease, however, adequate data exist to recommend secondary prevention with mass screening of average risk asymptomatic people age 50 or over. Three randomized controlled trials of a guaiac test for fecal occult blood involving over 250,000 participants found ...
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Colorectal cancer occurs throughout the world. Little is known about the etiology of this disease, however, adequate data exist to recommend secondary prevention with mass screening of average risk asymptomatic people age 50 or over. Three randomized controlled trials of a guaiac test for fecal occult blood involving over 250,000 participants found ...
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1979
To the Editor.— In a recent letter M. J. Goodman, MD (240:2733, 1978), reported 6.8% positive tests for occult blood, using the mail-in Hemoccult (HO) II slides rehydrated before adding the testing reagent, in his colorectal cancer screening study of patients older than 45 years.
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To the Editor.— In a recent letter M. J. Goodman, MD (240:2733, 1978), reported 6.8% positive tests for occult blood, using the mail-in Hemoccult (HO) II slides rehydrated before adding the testing reagent, in his colorectal cancer screening study of patients older than 45 years.
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Screening for Colorectal Cancer
New England Journal of Medicine, 2002Colorectal cancer screening can prevent the development of colorectal cancer and reduce the risk for death. Screening recommendations include fecal occult blood testing, sigmoidoscopy, radiographic imaging of the colon, and colonoscopy. This article focuses on recommendations for average-risk individuals and discusses the potential benefits and ...
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Screening for Colorectal Cancer
Surgical Clinics of North AmericaColorectal cancer remains the third leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Colorectal cancer screening allows for prevention and early detection of precancerous and cancerous lesions, and screening has been shown to be effective in preventing colorectal cancer deaths. Screening recommendations vary by patient risk profile.
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Screening of colorectal cancer
Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 1986Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a cancer in a disappointing location. However, its location clearly has an advantage that could theoretically permit efficient secondary prevention: the preceding of the cancer by a benign lesion, ie, the adenoma. Complete colonoscopy and its substitute, the double-contrast barium enema, and their specific limitations ...
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