title: Report of colon cancer detection in mass surveys using immunological occult blood test (Latex method).
abstract: Occult blood test for the screening of colon cancer has been made by immunological method using latex agglutination for 4 years since 1988. A total of 35,139 persons have received the screening test and out of 1886 persons, that is, 5.4% showed positive. Five hundred seventy of the positive result subjects (30.2%) underwent barium enema examination. Three hundred fifty nine subjects (62.8%) showed some abnormal findings. They underwent colonoscopic examination and 45 of them (7.9%) had colon cancer. Twenty six of these were of early stage type and 19 persons were of advanced stage.
authors.affiliation: Fuyo Clinic Department of Radiology.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiroma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsukiji
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moroto
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Horimukai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyaoka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009780:Occult Blood