Colorectal cancer screening: What tests, how often?

Consultant

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 173-179

  Sharma, V K ^a   Howden, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; OCCULT BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0035107986     PISSN: 00107069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (14)

1. Cancer statistics 2000
2. Colorectal cancer screening: Clinical guidelines and rationale
3. American Cancer Society guidelines for screening and surveillance for early detection of colorectal polyps and cancer: Update 1997
4. Colorectal cancer prevention 2000: Screening recommendations of the American College of Gastroenterology
5. Colorectal cancer screening practices amongst primary care physicians: Results of a national survey
6. Survey of internal medicine residents' use of the fecal occult blood test and their understanding of colorectal cancer screening and surveillance
7. Early diagnosis
8. Use of colonoscopy to screen asymptomatic adults for colorectal cancer
9. Risk of advanced proximal neoplasm in asymptomatic adults according to the distal colorectal findings
10. Relative sensitivity of colonoscopy and barium enema for detection of colorectal cancer in clinical practice
11. Screening colonoscopy in average-risk individuals is cost-effective compared with other practices
12. Cost-effectiveness model for colon cancer screening
13. The knowledge and use of screening tests for colorectal cancer and prostate cancer: Data from the 1987 National Health Interview Survey
14. Screening for colorectal cancer - United States 1992-1993, and new guidelines