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Colorectal Cancer

Diagnosis, Imaging, and Screening

NEWS:

Colonoscopy Preferred for Detection of Colon Polyps and Cancers

New non-invasive colon cancer test

Patients Face Long Wait For Colonoscopies

'People should not put off screening'

Reliability of virtual colonoscopy questioned

Revised Guidelines Published for Testing for Hereditary Type of Colorectal Cancer

ARTICLES:

Colon and Rectal Cancer Screening

Digital Rectal Exam

Get the facts on Virtual Colonoscopy (CT Colonography )

How Often Does Colonoscopy Fail To Detect Polyps?

NGC - Colorectal cancer screening.

Screening for colorectal cancer: recommendations and rationale. (2002)

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

A new prognostic staging system for rectal cancer. (Ann Surg)

A prospective study of plasma C-Peptide and colorectal cancer risk in men. (J Natl Cancer Inst)

A retrospective study on the use of post-operative colonoscopy following potentially curative surgery for colorectal cancer in a Canadian province. (BMC Cancer)

Accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound for restaging rectal cancer following neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy. (Am J Gastroenterol)

Advanced colon cancer before the age of 20 years: A case for extension of the current colonoscopy surveillance guidelines in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer syndrome. (Can J Gastroenterol)

An evaluation of left sided colonic polyps as a marker for right sided cancers. (Ir Med J)

Analysis of air contrast barium enema, computed tomographic colonography, and colonoscopy: prospective comparison (Lancet)

[Analysis of prognostic factors of rectal cancer in the elderly] (Ai Zheng)

Are Physicians Doing Too Much Colonoscopy? A National Survey of Colorectal Surveillance after Polypectomy (Annals)

Assessment of outcomes after colorectal cancer resection in the elderly as a rationale for screening and early detection. (Br J Surg)

Assessment of patient pain at colonoscopy: are nurses better than endoscopists? (J R Soc Med)

Association of older age and female sex with inadequate reach of screening flexible sigmoidoscopy (The American Journal of Medicine)

Barriers to optimal assessment of lymph nodes in colorectal cancer specimens. (Am J Clin Pathol)

Challenging colonic polyposis pedigrees: differential diagnosis, surveillance, and management concerns. (Cancer Genet Cytogenet)

[Characteristics and risk factors of synchronous and metachronous polyp in colorectal cancer] (Korean J Gastroenterol)

Characterization of lesions missed on interpretation of CT colonography using a 2D search method. (AJR Am J Roentgenol)

Clinical significance of preoperative serum sialic acid levels in colorectal cancer: utility in the detection of patients at high risk of tumor recurrence. (Int J Biol Markers)

Clinical significance of small colorectal polyps. (Dis Colon Rectum)

Clinical significance of virtual colonoscopy (CT colonography) with special reference to polyp morphology. (Hepatogastroenterology)

Colon cancer screening practices after genetic counseling and testing for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. (J Clin Oncol)

Colon Cancer Screening Practices Following Genetic Testing for Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colon Cancer (HNPCC) Mutations (Arch Intern Med)

Colonoscopic miss rates for right-sided colon cancer: a population-based analysis. (Gastroenterology)

Colonoscopy in rural communities: can family physicians perform the procedure with safe and efficacious results? (J Am Board Fam Pract)

Colorectal adenoma characteristics as predictors of recurrence. (Dis Colon Rectum)

Colorectal cancer screening disparities related to obesity and gender. (J Gen Intern Med)

Colorectal cancer screening in primary care: the long and short of it. (Am J Gastroenterol)

Colorectal cancer screening: practices and opinions of primary care physicians. (Prev Med)

[Colorectal cancer: contribution of new diagnostic tools] (Rev Prat)

Colorectal polyps and cancers in asymptomatic average-risk patients: evaluation with CT colonography. (Radiology)

Comparison of a peanut agglutinin test and an immunochemical faecal occult blood test in detecting colorectal neoplasia in symptomatic patients. (Scand J Clin Lab Invest)

Computed tomographic colonography (CTC): Possibilities and limitations of clinical application in colorectal polyps and cancer. (Technol Cancer Res Treat)

Computed tomographic colonography (virtual colonoscopy): a multicenter comparison with standard colonoscopy for detection of colorectal neoplasia. (JAMA)

Computer-aided diagnosis for CT colonography. (Semin Ultrasound CT MR)

Computerized tomography colonography. (Expert Rev Anticancer Ther)

CT Colonography and Colonoscopy: Assessment of Patient Preference in a 5-week Follow-up Study. (Radiology)

CT Colonography Using 16-MDCT in the Evaluation of Colorectal Cancer. (AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2005)

[CT Colonography - "Virtual Colonoscopy" - A Review.] (Z Gastroenterol)

Detection of colorectal polyps by multislice CT colonography with ultra-low-dose technique: comparison with high-resolution videocolonoscopy. (Gastrointest Endosc)

Detection of recurrent colorectal carcinoma by 18F-FDG: comparison of the clinical performances of FDG PET and FDG CDET. (Nucl Med Commun)

Diagnosis of colorectal cancer in primary care: the evidence base for guidelines. (Fam Pract)

Diagnostic value of distal colonic polyps for prediction of advanced proximal neoplasia in an average-risk population undergoing screening colonoscopy. (Gastrointest Endosc)

Differential diagnosis of polypoid lesions seen at CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy). (Radiographics)

Does positron emission tomography change management in primary rectal cancer? A prospective assessment. (Dis Colon Rectum)

Dynamic MRI in indirect estimation of microvessel density, histologic grade, and prognosis in colorectal adenocarcinomas. (Abdom Imaging)

Early experiences with computed axial tomography colonography. (Am J Surg)

Efficacy of high magnification chromoscopic colonoscopy for the diagnosis of neoplasia in flat and depressed lesions of the colorectum: a prospective analysis. (Gut)

Evaluation of polyp detection in relation to procedure time of screening or surveillance colonoscopy. (Am J Gastroenterol)

Factors associated with colorectal cancer screening in a population-based study: the impact of gender, health care source, and time (Preventive Medicine)

Fecal DNA testing compared with conventional colorectal cancer screening methods: a decision analysis. (Gastroenterology)

Fecal DNA versus Fecal Occult Blood for Colorectal-Cancer Screening in an Average-Risk Population (NEJM)

Flat adenomas in the National Polyp Study: Is there increased risk for high-grade dysplasia initially or during surveillance? (Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol)

Flat Colorectal Lesions in Asymptomatic Adults: Implications for Screening with CT Virtual Colonoscopy. (AJR Am J Roentgenol)

Hyperplastic polyps and colorectal cancer: is there a link? (Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol)

Imaging of colorectal adenocarcinoma using FT-IR microspectroscopy and cluster analysis. (Biochim Biophys Acta)

[Imaging modalities in the preoperative staging of rectal carcinoma] (Chirurg)

Impact of video colonoscopy on stage and outcome of patients with symptomatic colorectal cancer. (Surg Endosc)

Incremental value of CT in PET/CT of patients with colorectal carcinoma. (Abdom Imaging)

Individuals with an increased risk of colorectal cancer: perceived benefits and psychological aspects of surveillance by means of regular colonoscopies. (J Clin Oncol)

Institutional commitment to rectal cancer screening results in earlier-stage cancers on diagnosis. (Ann Surg Oncol)

Is computed tomographic colonography effective for colorectal cancer screening? (CMAJ)

Local radiological staging of rectal cancer. (Clin Radiol)

Local staging of rectal cancer: assessment with double-contrast multislice computed tomography and transrectal ultrasound. (J Comput Assist Tomogr)

Location of adenomas missed by optical colonoscopy. (Ann Intern Med)

Magnetic resonance colonography in the detection of colonic neoplasm in high-risk and average-risk individuals. (Am J Gastroenterol)

Magnetic resonance colonography: a promising new technique. (Curr Gastroenterol Rep)

Meta-analysis of new treatment strategies for metastatic colorectal cancer. (J Coll Physicians Surg Pak)

More family physicians doing colonoscopies

Nonadenomatous polyps at CT colonography: prevalence, size distribution, and detection rates. (Radiology)

PET imaging in assessing gastrointestinal tumors. (Radiol Clin North Am)

Phenotypic characteristics and risk of cancer development in hyperplastic polyposis: case series and literature review. (Am J Gastroenterol)

[Population screening for colorectal cancer: a systematic review] (Gastroenterol Hepatol)

Predictive value of rectal bleeding for distal colonic neoplastic lesions in a screened population. (Eur J Cancer)

Preoperative T and N staging of colorectal cancer: accuracy of contrast-enhanced multi-detector row CT colonography--initial experience. (Radiology)

Prospective Comparison of Contrast Enhanced CT Colonography and Conventional Colonoscopy for Detection of Colorectal Neoplasms in a Single Institutional Study Using Second-Look Colonoscopy with Discrepant Results. (Am J Gastroenterol)

Prospective evaluation of screening colonoscopy: Who is being screened? (Gastrointest Endosc)

Rectal cancer: review with emphasis on MR imaging. (Radiology)

Reduction in colorectal cancer mortality by fecal occult blood screening in a French controlled study. (Gastroenterology)

[Small bowel malignancies: why are they so rare?] (Harefuah)

Strategies for detecting colon cancer and/or dysplasia in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. (Cochrane Database Syst Rev)

The effect of diagnostic confidence on the probability of optical colonoscopic confirmation of potential polyps detected on CT colonography: prospective assessment in 1,339 asymptomatic adults. (AJR Am J Roentgenol)

The prevalence of small, flat colorectal cancers in a western population. (Colorectal Dis)

[The recurrence rate of colon polyp after polypectomy and the interval of surveillance colonoscopy: predictors of early development of advanced polyps] (Korean J Gastroenterol)

Trend of incidence, subsite distribution and staging of colorectal neoplasms in the 15-year experience of a specialised cancer registry (Annals of Oncology)

Tumour morphology as a predictor of outcome after local excision of rectal cancer. (Br J Surg)

Underuse of Screening Sigmoidoscopy and Colonoscopy in a Large Cohort of US Adults. (Am J Public Health)

Virtual Colonoscopy: Utility as a Screening Test for Colorectal Cancer? (Medscape General Medicine)

Wide variation in adenoma detection rates at screening flexible sigmoidoscopy. (Gastroenterology)

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