Colorectal Cancer

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Colorectal Cancer

Diagnosis, Imaging, and Screening

NEWS:

Colon Cancer Test Misses Growths in Women

Colon Test at 45 Urged for Blacks

Colonoscopy Beats Sigmoidoscopy in Women

Could Testing for Cancer Cause It?

Screening colonoscopy in 40- to 50-year-old first-degree relatives of patients with colorectal cancer is efficient: a controlled multicentre study. (Int J Colorectal Dis. 2005)

Single Fecal Test Inadequate for Detecting Colon Cancer

Study: Colorectal Screening Test Fails

Test misses many colon cancers in women

ARTICLES:

Accuracy of CT Colonography (Virtual Colonoscopy) for Detecting Polyps

American Society of Clinical Oncology - Colorectal Cancer Surveillance: 2005 Update of an American Society of Clinical Oncology Practice Guideline (2005)

Do benefits and barriers differ by stage of adoption for colorectal cancer screening? (Health Educ Res. 2005)

NGC - ASGE guideline: the role of endoscopy in the diagnosis, staging, and management of colorectal cancer. (2005)

NGC - Colorectal cancer screening. (2004)

NGC - Colorectal cancer screening. (2005)

NGC - SCREENING FOR COLORECTAL CANCER

Screening for colorectal cancer: virtually there

Sigmoidoscopy

Summaries for patients. Can a blood test help predict who is at risk for colorectal cancer?

Summaries for patients. What is the best way to test for colorectal cancer?

Use of Colorectal Cancer Screening by Doctors in Practice

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

A comparison of the immunochemical fecal occult blood test and total colonoscopy in the asymptomatic population. (Gastroenterology. 2005)

Accuracy of Screening for Fecal Occult Blood on a Single Stool Sample Obtained by Digital Rectal Examination: A Comparison with Recommended Sampling Practice (Ann Intern Med 2005)

Analysis of colorectal cancer occurrence during surveillance colonoscopy in the dietary Polyp Prevention Trial. (Gastrointest Endosc. 2005)

Association between colonic screening, subject characteristics, and stage of colorectal cancer. (Am J Gastroenterol. 2005)

Changing trends in the incidence, stage, survival, and screen-detection of colorectal cancer: a population-based study. (Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005)

[Characteristics of colon cancer diagnosed in patients taking aspirin or warfarin.] (Korean J Gastroenterol. 2005)

Colon cancer screening strategies. (Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2005)

Colonoscopic screening of average-risk women for colorectal neoplasia. (N Engl J Med. 2005)

Colonoscopy in the very old: why bother? (Postgrad Med J. 2005)

Colorectal cancer screening and surveillance with CT colonography: current controversies and obstacles. (Abdom Imaging. 2005)

Consensus on current clinical practice of virtual colonoscopy. (AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2005)

CT colonography: unraveling the twists and turns. (Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2005)

[Early diagnosis of colorectal tumors.] (Internist (Berl). 2005)

Efficacy of multislice computed tomography for gastroenteric and hepatic surgeries. (World J Gastroenterol. 2005)

False-Negative Results at Multi-Detector Row CT Colonography: Multivariate Analysis of Causes for Missed Lesions. (Radiology. 2005)

Family history assessment to detect increased risk for colorectal cancer: conceptual considerations and a preliminary economic analysis. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005)

Feasibility and diagnostic utility of video capsule endoscopy for the detection of small bowel polyps in patients with hereditary polyposis syndromes. (Am J Gastroenterol. 2005)

Flexible sigmoidoscopy in the PLCO cancer screening trial: results from the baseline screening examination of a randomized trial. (J Natl Cancer Inst. 2005)

From guaiac to immune fecal occult blood tests: the emergence of technology in colorectal cancer screening. (Gastroenterol Nurs. 2005)

Genetic testing for inherited colon cancer. (Gastroenterology. 2005)

How can colorectal neoplasms be treated during colonoscopy? (World J Gastroenterol. 2005)

Impact of colonic cleansing on quality and diagnostic yield of colonoscopy: the European Panel of Appropriateness of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy European multicenter study. (Gastrointest Endosc. 2005)

Incidental Colonic Focal Lesions Detected by FDG PET/CT. (AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2005)

Interpretation of magnetic resonance imaging for locally advanced rectal carcinoma after preoperative chemoradiation therapy. (Dis Colon Rectum. 2005)

Interval faecal occult blood testing in a colonoscopy based screening programme detects additional pathology. (Gut. 2005)

Is there any Role for Sentinel Node Mapping in Colorectal Cancer Staging? Personal Experience and Review of the Literature. (Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2005)

Localizing colorectal cancer by colonoscopy. (Arch Surg. 2005)

Mass Screening With CT Colonography: Should the Radiation Exposure Be of Concern? (Gastroenterology. 2005)

Meta-Analysis: Computed Tomographic Colonography (Annals 2005)

Noninvasive testing for colorectal cancer: a review. (Am J Gastroenterol. 2005)

Outpatient colonoscopy by rural family physicians. (Ann Fam Med. 2005)

Pathways to the diagnosis of colorectal cancer: an observational study in three UK cities. (Fam Pract. 2005)

Prevention of colorectal cancer by colonoscopic surveillance in individuals with a family history of colorectal cancer: 16 year, prospective, follow-up study. (BMJ. 2005)

Prospective Evaluation of Factors Predicting Difficulty and Pain During Sedation-Free Colonoscopy. (Dis Colon Rectum. 2005)

Randomized trial of different screening strategies for colorectal cancer: patient response and detection rates. (J Natl Cancer Inst. 2005)

Role of aberrant crypt foci detected using high-magnification-chromoscopic colonoscopy in human colorectal carcinogenesis. (J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005)

Sedation-Free Colonoscopy. (Dis Colon Rectum. 2005)

Selecting patients for flexible sigmoidoscopy. Determinants of incomplete depth of insertion. (Cancer. 2005)

Surveillance Colonoscopy in Individuals at Risk for Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer: An Evidence-Based Review. (Dis Colon Rectum. 2005)

Systematic approach to the analysis of cross-sectional imaging for surveillance of recurrent colorectal cancer. (Eur J Radiol. 2005)

The polyp detection rate of colonoscopy: A national study of Medicare beneficiaries (The American Journal of Medicine 2005)

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