title: [Significance of preventive examination for the prognosis of cancer of the large intestine].
abstract: Since screening for colorectal carcinoma was started in Germany (rectal digital palpation 1971, test for occult blood in stool 1977) the rate of early stage Dukes A in more than 3600 cases of colorectal carcinoma has increased significantly by 30%. The history of the disease has shortened and the number of inoperable patients has diminished by 10%.
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Bedeutung der Vorsorgeuntersuchung für die Prognose des Dickdarmkarzinoms.