title: Sigmoidoscopy and other tests for screening of colorectal cancer.
abstract: We have been carrying our mass detection for colorectal cancer with fecal occult blood test and sigmoidoscopy. The occult blood test is negative in 60% with colorectal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Coloproctology Center, Takano Hospital.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujiyoshi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujiyoshi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maekawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soejima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Etoh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009780:Occult Blood; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy